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

Again with spring
she wore light colours...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaca ddefgcdhbdihj djafddXckdbelaXfajfddm jXkdgdkdjkciefmmbblcgXllm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,22,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 11110 10101 01001 01010 1110 01110 110001 01011 010111 010100 1001010 01101 10101 11001 011010 1111001 11011011 1110 00110 0111 1111101 11011110 011 0110 111 010110 1011 11010111 1001010 11111 111011 1010001 1011001 01010 010001 11011 10101 1100110 110101 110111 111 10110 10100101 0101 110110 10010 000101 0110101 1110110 01101 10010010 010011 100001 01010 01010100 100010 001010 010110 0101 000101010100 1010 0100101 0010101 0110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, to, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words again, beyond, there, the, that are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lake is repeated).

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  • summary of Spring A.D.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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