This is an analysis of the poem The First Spring Day that begins with:
I wonder if the sap is stirring yet,
If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddccXX aaeecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1100010101 0101110001 0101011101 11010110111 1101 11110101001 1100010001 01010011111 01110011101 1001010111 1101 1111111100 0101010111 0101010001 10111010111 1001100101 11001 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; if, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sing connects the lines.
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