This is an analysis of the poem Written In March that begins with:

The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbccaab ddeeXffaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 01010 01110 01110 0111001 010110 1110010 010110 111010 11101011 1110010 011010 11111 1010011 0100101010 110010 110010 11110 11010 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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