This is an analysis of the poem Watercolor Of Grantchester Meadows that begins with:

There, spring lambs jam the sheepfold. In air
Stilled, silvered as water in a glass...

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccd dedeffa ghXheeg gigiaag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011101001 1100110001 100111 0111000100 010101 1111 110101010010 101110111010 0110101111 1100110 1111110111 010101 0101 101101101 00010101001 101011111 1101110 101010011101 1011001 11001 01101110101 1101000101 11011100101 1010111 11001010001 1101101 10111 011100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; and is repeated.

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