This is an analysis of the poem The Spring—time, O The Spring--Time that begins with:

The Spring-time, O the Spring-time!
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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcbdXdea fBXbgegef aBgbhfhfa fBXbcicif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001110011 111101 101010101 1010101 1010011111 101110110 1010100101 10111010 0001110011 0101010 111101 1010010111 1010101 10100100111 111001110 1100101101 11110010 001010010 0101010 111101 1011110111 1011101 111100111101 101101010 10111101101 101110010 00101010 0101010 111101 111010111 10101101 111101011101 10111110 1111100111 111111110 00101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is 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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