This is an analysis of the poem A Lover's Messengers that begins with:

The earliest flowers of spring
To thee, beloved, I bring:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaababXbccccdcedfdfee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010001 0101011 101110101 0101010101 11111111 11001111111 01011101010 1101110101 0111010101 0101001111 0101110101 11010101 0101011101 10111101 0101010101 1101010101 111100111 101011111 11010100111 1101001101 1101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 852
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to are repeated.

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

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