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

Thou giv'st me flowers, thou giv'st me songs; bring back
The love that I have lost!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cbXbdd ceceff ghghdd cdcidX jcjcbb gdgdii kbkbccXacackk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110111111 011111 11101110001 1111011101 11010101000 0111010101 1111010011 111110 10111010101 11010100111 1111010101 11111101001 1101010101 111111 1011011111 010100011111 0101000111 1100100101 1101011101 110001 110010101010 1001111101 100010001010 110001101 1011110101 10110 11101001101 0101010111 11111100101 0100010100 11111110011 111001 1111111111 10001011111 1111000111 1101011111 1111001111 110111 1001011101 1011110111 1101001111 1101110101 011010011001 111011 1101011111 0111111101 1001101101 1011110101 11001110111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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