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

WHEN the fields catch flower
And the underwood is green,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcbc dcdccefefe ghghhigigi hhhhhihihi jkjkklllll dldllhghghXggh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 1010101 10101010 0100101 1101001 11111 111011111 1110001 11111111 10101 01011011 111111 11101101 101011 1010010001 10101011 101001 100101101 100111 111111101 11111 11111111 11011 1101100 1111101 111101 0111011 11011 111101011 101011 10111111 11001 00001001 111011 1100101 111011111 11101 11111111 11001 111111111 101001 101001001 101011 11011111 101001011 11111 11101011 11111 100110111 11101 110111101 1011 01110100101 1001 111111101 11111011 111111 111111001 101011 101011111 0101001 11011 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, who, thee, what, of, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, for, who are repeated.

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

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