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

See how a Seed, which Autumn flung down,
And through the Winter neglected lay, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccXXaabbXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111011 110100101 1011011111 0101101101 1101100111 010110111 11101010001 100110111 0100101101 101111010 10111010 1010111 110100111 10010111101 101111010010 111111110 1010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 713
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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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