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

When April winds arrive
And the soft rains are here,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdXdbeceXfXfXdeddgggXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 101111 1101011 110101 1101110 110111 1110110 111101 0101011 1101011 1111110 1100001 1101011 010011 1010110 010101 1111000 110101 1100010 010101 1101010 110101 0101011 110111 11101100 110001 1111010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 761
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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