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

O
Out of a bed of love...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcbcbdede affgfXgfhihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100101 11010110111101 0101010 1101010 1001110101110 110011110 110101011111110 1111111 11100110101101 011001101 1111110101010101 1 11001101 10011001001010110 10010110 1010001011110101 1010100 1010010100100110 11011010 1101001010111 01001011 101011001001001 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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