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

THOUGH you be absent here, I needs must say
The Trees as beauteous are, and flowers as gay, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaababcc aacdcdee ffbebeaa Xcaeaebb eefdfdbb aabcbcgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011111 01110111011 11010100 10110101 01010011 10110101 1101110111 0101010111 1100111101 11010101011 11010111 11001101 01011111 11110001 1101101101 1100110101 110111011001 11011101001 011001111 11010101 11111101 11110101 1101101111 1101011101 0101111100 11100010101 01010101 110010110 11110101 11010011 111111101 1111011101 1111011111 1101011101 101100101 11010111 01011111 11011100 01010111111 11010110011 11011110110 0110010001 01011111 01010011 11111111 11010101 1101010011 00111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, how, you, , could are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

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