This is an analysis of the poem To The Cam that begins with:

Soon shall the young ambrosial spring
Wanton forth, in garlands gay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbX efefdbdbgg hahaijiXdd dbdbkgkgcc kikihlhlaa dadagigiaa ababijijkkXcbcbghghjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101001 1010101 11010101 110101 1101010101 1100110101 10111111101 0101010101 1111111111 1111101110100 110111010 11010101 1101101010 110101 0111010101 1011010101 0101010101 0101011111 0111011101 110010101101001 11010111 110100101 10110111 111101 1111110101 1101010101 1111010101 11001010110 10001010101 110101111101 1110100101 11010101 110100011 010101 01010010101 0101110101 0111110101 10011010101 1001011101 100111011101 1010111001 11010101 11110101 010101 1101010101 11001110101 1011010101 1011010101 1101100101 101101110111 11111101 111111001 111010101 110101 11110011111 11011111101 1101110001 1111110101 1101011101 1101011100101 110101101 11110101 111101001 110101 1101010101 01011101101 110100110001 0101110101 1111010101 110101110101 11110101 11011101 11011101 110111 1111010111 01100010111 1101011101 1111110101 1101010101 1101011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, no, to, nor, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, nor are repeated.

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  • summary of To The Cam;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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