This is an analysis of the poem In The Month When Sings The Cuckoo that begins with:
Hark! Spring is coming. Her herald sings,
Cuckoo!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaBcccB aBabdXdB abaBeeeB aBaBfffb XbgbhhHB aBaBiiiB jbjbiiib jbjBaaab HbhBgggB kBkBkkkb gbgBlllb iieeeb mbmBeeeb XbdBjjjb nbnBkkkb oBoBmmmb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010100101 11 011010111 1111 1010110101 11101111101 1100101101 00111011 010110111 1111 110011101 11 1011100111 1011100111 1011100101 00111011 0100110101 11 00100111101 1111 1111101111 1011110111 1101101111 00111011 1101101111 1111 10101101001 1111 111101111 111101111 1110111001 00111011 0111110101 11 1011110101 11 111110111 10100011111 1011111111 00111011 1100110111 1111 1111100101 111111 1100100101 1110101101 1111111111 00111011 1011101111 11 110110101 11 110101101 1011111011 111011101 00111011 1011111111 11 10101110101 1111 011101101 10110111101 11110100110 1111011 1011111111 11 1100110101 1111 010111100 1110011101 110101101 00111011 1101011011 111111 11101111101 1111 111111111 1111110101 11110100111 101001011 1011100111 11 110011111 1111 0100100101 0111011101 10100101101 11001011 1011111101 0010110101 0011100111 00100101101 0010110101 101001111 0111110111 11 1010110111 1111 0100110101 0110101111 1010011111 11101011 011100101100 11 01010010101 1111 11001101001 10111101001 10101001001 11111011 11100111111 11 10100111111 1111 010011101 10100101111 010101101 11101011 1011110101 1111 1010110111 1111 1010111111 1100111101 1010110101 11001011
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 126
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; cuckoo, and, in, sweet, when, you, i, we, for, as, of, to, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same words but, o, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word cuckoo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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