This is an analysis of the poem Cambridge, Spring 1937 that begins with:

At last the air fragrant, the bird's bubbling whistle
Succinct in the unknown unsettled trees:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXbbbXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101100110010 0100010101 1101001010100 11011011011 011001011 01001010111 010111 11011 100110110110 1101110111 1010101011 111111001 1101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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