This is an analysis of the poem May-Day, 1837 that begins with:
I.
MAY-DAY is come!--While yet the unwillng Spring ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcadadaaX efefgdgdXaX hahaijijaaX gjgjkikiaaa flflececaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,11,11,11,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 11011101001 10010101001 1011110100 010010110111 1111111111 1111010101 1101010101 11001010101 10111110101 110101110101 1 0101110101 10010101110 0101011101 11110001010 0101010101 0101110101 0111110101 1101110101 1101000101 110011110101 1 1011011111 10010110001 1111111111 1101110100 1111110101 10110101010 1011001100 10011101010 1101011101 101111011101 1 1111100101 0100011101 1111111101 0101111100 1011010111 1111110101 1011010101 10110100101 1111010101 1011111101001 1 1111110110 1111111101 1001010101 0101010101 1111110001 0110011111 1111010101 1101110101 1101011111 111111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, thou, be, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, thou are repeated.
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