This is an analysis of the poem April that begins with:

O APRIL, month of Nymphs and Fauns and Cupids,
Month of the Sungod's kisses, Earth's sweet passion,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacddX XdXc XdXedeaaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111110 10010101110 01001110 01010010111 1000101010 100111010110 1101010101 010111001011 101101010100 1111101101110 1001011101010 1011001 010101011010 11010100110 0101101101 11100101011100010 10010011011000101 10010101010 10111111010101 101101010101 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 505
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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

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  • summary of April;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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