This is an analysis of the poem Aprilian that begins with:

Come with me where April twilights
Wigwam blue the April hills;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd X efefeaeaaaaa X ghgheieijbjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,12,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111010 1010101 10111011 1011111 11101010 10111101 101011010 1000101 1 01010010 11010101 1001010 1111001 010110 11010101 1011110 11100101 0101110 010111 1101010 111111 1 010110111 01001101 010110101 1110101 0100110101 11001101 1011010101 0100111 010011111 1101011 1111000001 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, what, her are repeated.

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  • summary of Aprilian;
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