This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Opening Of A Spring Campaign that begins with:

Spring! thy impatient bloom restrain!
Nor wake so soon thy genial power;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XaXa efef dgdg ahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011010101 111111010 11011111 110101110 01110101 10010101 01010111 11011111 01110101 01011001 01110101 11010101 01111101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11010101 11010111 01010101 110111001 11011101 01010111 111110001 111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thy, of are repeated.

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