This is an analysis of the poem The Spring-It Had Simply Been You that begins with:

The spring-it had simply been you,
And so, to a certain extent,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdeX debe XXXXX Xdbe dbXe cfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 001011001 11001001 01011001001 01101011 1111100101 01011010 1100110011 110010100 01011101011 001011110 10101101001 001010010 0110101000 011010010 111001001 110110110 110011110 0110100 1111101 11011010 1101101 110110110 00111001 110011010 011011 110010110 1101111 111010110 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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; of, to, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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