This is an analysis of the poem I. 'Quickly and pleasantly the seasons blow' that begins with:

Quickly and pleasantly the seasons blow
Over the meadows of eternity,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabaab cdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011000101 1001100100 1111010001 1111100101 1011000101 100110001 1001010111 1011111101 11010001101 1101110101 1111000100 1111111001 1111001111 1111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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