This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of The Seasons that begins with:

Sing a song of Spring-time,
The world is going round,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcdcd ecXcXbfb agbgXhfh ebXbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 010101 11011 10001 101011 1101 10110101 01001 101010 010101 0111101 11101 111010 111101 11010101 1111 101010 010101 110011 11101 1110 1111 11101 110101 101010 0111 1010100 10101 1101011 11101 10100011 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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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