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

I said this morning, as I leaned and threw
My shutters open to the Spring's surprise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddddeefgfgeXdhdhdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011111 1101000101 1111100101 1101011101 1111110101 1111010101 1111110101 0101110101 1101011111 1111110011 1101011111 11001011101 1111010001 1101110101 1111010101 1111110101 10111100101 1101111111 1111011101 1101110101 1111110101 0101100101 1111111110 1111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1047
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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

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