This is an analysis of the poem Craving For Spring that begins with:

I wish it were spring in the world.
Let it be spring!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdXeefeXgf XeXh bhib iaijfffec bjXX bih bbdi hhX kiXjl kdmhnmoaejX bXXjagXae hndohXdddnhgXddid loXi hdbhodabheXdk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,4,4,9,4,3,4,3,5,11,9,17,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001001 10001 110010101 110010 111101010000 1101110010110 1110110 111111000010 101110100001110100 100001010001010010000 101000100 10111000 110101001110011010 00101110 11110011100 110101010 11011011001 110100001101010 1111111010010 11010101100 000111101001 110101101001 011100111001 100011010101110 11100010111011 01111011011011110 111001010100010 01101010 111110 110001 10010101011110011010 11010101000 10011011111110101 11101 1101001001 11101100010 110001100 1001001 111101101001000100010 0110111001100001 100010111111100100 010010111 1100101000 11010010101 01010110110101 10100 111010101110101010 110111001001101 010010101 01001011011010 101101001010010 0110010 010001010101011101 110101010000100 01101111101 1001010 11001010100011 101010001111010 010100111011001 1111001 11110111010110 1111010110100 1111011010110110 1111010001000001 110010110110 111001111111110 1101001 101010101110 11011001 01111 110110101001001 10010100101 1101101011010001 101100100101000 111111 01001011001001010010010 11010011010010010 100101001 11110010001010 01010001010100111100 1111110111101 111 10101100011 101001110010100 010010011000100101 101000101 11110110101101 101100111111 110100111 10001101010001010100100 00100110101001011010110 11101 110110101000100 1011 0110101000010001101 00001001 000010010010 1001000011000100100 100110 1111111010100010 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, of, and, in, to, us, our, we, let, i, violets are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, let, pray, it are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines flowers, blossom are repeated).

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