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

JUST a whisper, half-heard,
But our heart knows the word; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccddeffada ghgffiffhfdddi feedjjffjkkj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,14,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 111101 01011 111001 111101 01001 01001 001001 0010001 001101 001001 111101 101011 101011 01001 1011001 1110110 01011 111101 100101 1011 1101 11001 1110010 101101 11110 01110 10110 1101 111001 10011 11111 1011 1101001101 0001111101 10110010010 101110100110 1011001 11011011101 1011101111 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, in, o, all are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Promise Of Spring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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