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

Now I know that Spring will come again,
Perhaps to-morrow: however late I've patience...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc defffcgffdhiiedefXahbgfd debbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,24,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101 010101101110 10011001101 11110100110 0111110110 1101010100 01111100011 101001111011 1001011101 1111110111 101100111001 1101110111 11111111101 1101110111 1011101101 1001011111 1101010110 111110011111 11111111110 11110101001 110010100110 10101010101 1101011111 110101111110 1111111111 1011111111 10111111111 1011110111 1101111101 110011101010 1011101010 101010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 505
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; and, hail, they, on, or are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines silence is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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