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

Nothing is so beautiful as spring --
When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cacaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001100101 11011111011 1111011011 101001011111 01011100111 010111111 001011101001 010010111111 101011101 0100111000010 01010110101 010111110010 10011100111 111111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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 word the is repeated.

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

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