This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The Spring Days that begins with:

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A gentle wind, of western birth...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baba cdcd aeae fgfg X gagX dcdc dcdc hchc X acac afaX ecec ifif X bhbh eXea ejej gkgk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010101 111101 11000101 110101 01010111 110101 011011011 110001 11011111 110001 11011101 010101 01111111 110101 11111101 1111101 1 11011100 010101 010100001 010100 11010111 010101 101110101 010001 01111101 011111 100101100 110101 101111101 1101001 11011111 1011011 1 01010101 110101 11010111 010101 101101101 1101001 11011111 001101 10011111 010001 111111011 110101 11110101 010101 11000101 111111 1 11110111 110101 11010111 111111 01010101 110010 11010101 0111101 11011101 110111 01010101 110101 0100101001 010101 11111101 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wakes, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Songs Of The Spring Days;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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