This is an analysis of the poem Spring Has Come that begins with:

INTRA MUROS
THE sunbeams, lost for half a year,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd baba efef ghgh ijij babX bkbk bbbb lmlm enen mXmb egeg moco
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010 01011101 11111101 11100111 01100111 11010111 110101001 01010101 01010101 010100101 01010101 011010101 01011001 01010101 10110101 01010101 11010101 01111101 0111011011 110010101 11011101 10110101 110101110 010100111 110101110 110100101 110110101 11110101 1101001010 01010101 10011111 01010101 11100101 110101110 11010101 011111010 010101001 01011111 00110111 01010111 11000101 11010101 01011101 11010101 01011101 11000101 10011101 11111001 01011101 1101001001 0110101 11110101 11111101 11110101 11011111 011000101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; when is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, when, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Spring Has Come;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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