This is an analysis of the poem Spring Bereaved 1 that begins with:

THAT zephyr every year
   So soon was heard to sigh in forests here, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 1111010101 0110110101 101101 10010111010 0110101111 111101 0101111101 0110110111 110111 1101110101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 545
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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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