This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To Spring that begins with:
I saw this morning, with a sudden smart,
Spring preparing to depart.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff ggg hhX ddd iiX ccc bbb ffX jjX fXf ddd kkk lll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101000101 01010001 110111110111 10101110101 0111101 111111100101 1101011111 1010101 010101011011 1101110111 1011101 111111110001 1111110101 1010111 0101101110111 11011100101 1010101 110101010101 1001110101 1010011 1001010100101 1011110101 1010111 110111110110 10011101 10001111 1111111100001 1101110011 1010101 11010011101001 10011101001 0111111 110111011101 0101011101 1011101 111101010001 1101101101 1011111 110101110110 1111111101 1110101 1101010101110 1101010101 100111100 111011111011 1101010101 1011101 1110111010101 0101011001 111111 1001010100101 11111010101 1001101 010101101100
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, so, day, of, you, love, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase forlorn connects the lines.
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