This is an analysis of the poem The Complaint Of Ceres that begins with:
Does pleasant spring return once more?
Does earth her happy youth regain?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcddadX ececfdfddbdb gcgcegegXdad dhdhieiXjgjg ggggekeklele amaXbdbdflfl bgbgggggbnbn dadablbldddd jajaeieimeme oeoeXbebmkmk gegeelelpqpq
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010111 11010101 111111010 11011101 010101010 11111001 01111010 01110001 111111001 01000101 1101101101 1111011100 01111101 110111010 11010111 010110010 11111111 01010101 01010101 01110101 11111101 01111101 11000101 01001101 10010101 010011010 01010101 110111110 101100101 01111101 110100101 11011111 01011101 01110101 11000101 01010101 10010101 11111101 11011101 11110001 010101001 110001010 01110101 1101010101 11100101 010010111 11010101 11010001 11011101 11010101 111100111 01011101 11011111 01010101 11110101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 100100101 11011101 11010101 10010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 11010101 10010111 11010101 11010101 101100110 11010101 011101010 1110001 11111101 01000101 01010101 11110101 1100101110 111101010 01001010110 010101110 11110101 10011101 011100101 110100101 10100101 11110101 11011101 110000101 10010111 11111100 01010101 11011101 110100101 010100101 10011101 01010111 01110011 01011001 011010101 01010101 01010101 01011101 01110101 01110101 01010111 11011101 11000101 11000101 10100110 11000101 101111101 01110001 01110101 11010111 100010101 11010111 10110001 11110101 011101011 01000101 10010101 01110101 11111001 01010101 010101001 01010101 01010111 01001111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; can, that, no, to, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words does, the, where, that, when are repeated.
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- summary of The Complaint Of Ceres;
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