This is an analysis of the poem April's Charms that begins with:

When April scatters charms of primrose gold
Among the copper leaves in thickets old, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc aadd eeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010111 0101010101 1101100111 0101110101 1111011101 1101110111 1101011111 0101111101 1111011111 11010101001 01110100111 11011110101 1111110101 1111111101 0111011111 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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