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

GONE were but the winter cold,
   And gone were but the snow, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb aXXX XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 110101 1110011 11101 1101111 11111 10100111110 10001 111110 111011 1101010 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; at, my are repeated.

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

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

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