This is an analysis of the poem The Peasant's Return that begins with:

And passing here through evening dew,
He hastened happy to her door,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcdadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011101 11010001 11011101 01111101 01010101 11011111 11110101 00010101 01000111 01011101 01011101 01010111 01010101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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