This is an analysis of the poem Zummer An' Winter that begins with:

When I led by zummer streams
The pride o' Lea, as naighbours thought her,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXXXX XaXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 011111010 10111001 0111010010 1010 1010 1010 10111110 10011010 11111110 10101010 10011010 10111010 1010 1010 10010 10101010 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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