This is an analysis of the poem Now The Lilac Tree’s In Bud that begins with:

NOW the lilac tree's in bud,
And the morning birds are loud.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcdedefafaXdgdghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 1010001 10101001 1110111 0010101 1010001 0101111 11100001 1010101 1010011 1110101 1110111 1011010 1011101 1000101 1010100 1010101 1111111 0010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 719
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; not is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

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