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

Hail, thou auspicious vernal dawn!
Ye birds, proclaim the winter's gone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddcbbc eeffff ggchhc iifbbf ddhiih Xaabbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 1100101 11110111 11010101 0101001 11011101 11111101 011001 110101001 11010101 111101 11010111 01010111 010101 11010111 11110001 111101 11011101 01011111 110101 10110101 11010101 0010111 11010101 01011001 110101 11010101 010100001 010101 010010101 11100101 0101001 11010101 11010101 1111001 01011111 11010101 0101001 110010111 11010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; ye, of are repeated.

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

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