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

In the Spring
Your black footsteps whisper into the snow....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaX baX XXX b X XXX bXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,1,1,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001 1111100001 001101 1101110101 0101001100100 01101 101110 01101001 101001 01000010010110 01011010 11 111101011 11011 1011001010 10111010110 111 111010111 111000101 110 111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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  • summary of In The Spring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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