This is an analysis of the poem Depression In Early Spring that begins with:

Meathooks, notebooks,
the whole city sky palely flaming...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXd bacbec dXcXeXe acaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 0110110010 101 1011010 11011010 0101101010 11001 001001 1001000110 10101 0111 111111010 1110001 10010 11101 11011 111101 101 1101110111 11010101110 110100101110 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Depression In Early Spring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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