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

This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,
Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011011101101 1100100111110 11010010101 101111010010010 1101100101010 0110110100101 010111101010 10010100111 111100101101 01001000111001 01101101001 010111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (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; of, this are repeated.

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

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