This is an analysis of the poem To The Spring that begins with:

OR OF THE FABLES OF THE ANCIENTS.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbcdcebbbfgdbbXcc hiidbcjbdbkiXhldbaa ddcgXbcbmdfkccnddcc abcbfcXciXdclhceigobbadncajckkgbhcbmog
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,19,19,19,38,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100010 11010101 0100101 1101001101 10111001 1101 11110101 10011011 01010011011 01010011 01010101 11011101 10110001 0101011100 1111010101 110101 01010011 010111001 1101010111 100101010111 1101011101 0111010101 0101010101 0111010001 1001110011 01001000101 0101110101 0101010001 1101010101 11110101 10010010001 0101011111 110101 110101 1101110001 0101010101 000101 10011101 0111000101 0100111 010101 11111100101 0001010100 111101010 0111 010000101 01000101 01010001 01010101 11110000101 0101010011 010101 01110001 0101101101 010101010101 1101010111 1111010101 0001100011 10111101 01010101 1011100101 11011001 11010101 1101011101 00110111001 0101110100 1001010101 11010001 11010101 11010111 11010101 1111000101 0110101 11011101 0100011101 0101110100 1101000101 1111010101 11011100 1101110101 01010101 1101000101 1100101101 110010011101 01010101 01010100 101101 0100010101 11010100 1111110001 1101010101 01010111 0101110110 010110111 10010001 1101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 726
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, the, our are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase alive connects the lines.

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  • summary of To The Spring;
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