This is an analysis of the poem To A Primrose that begins with:

The first seen in the season
Nitens et roboris expers... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXX bbcc ddee ffgg Xfaa hhii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010 10110010 10110000111100 10101 111111010 110011010 01010111 010100001 11010111 11110001 11110101 01110111 10110101 11110101 11010111 01010111 110010110 11011101 01010101 010100101 11010101 110010101 11010101 11111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et is repeated.

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  • summary of To A Primrose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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