This is an analysis of the poem Spring Greeting that begins with:
From the German of Herder.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaaXbbbc ccccdddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010010 11011101 10011101 01011101 1001010 110101001 110010101 110100111 11001110 111101001 10011100 11010111 1101010 11001110011 11100111 11100101 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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