This is an analysis of the poem XIX. 'Although the spring is hastening to pursue' that begins with:
Although the spring is hastening to pursue
The swift white deer of winter through the glades,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabaab cacadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110010100001 0111010101 0111110101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 10010010111 0101100101 1110111101 01010001001 11001110001 11001010001 1101111111 0111110001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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