This is an analysis of the poem Spring. (From The French Of Charles D'Orleans. Xv. Century) that begins with:

Gentle Spring! in sunshine clad,
Well dost thou thy power display!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdD aeaeffdD babaggdD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010111 11111001 110100111 111100111 1111100101 01101101101 1110111101 1110111 10100110111 11010011 1010101111 1110100101 1101001110 111111010 1010110111 1110111 10100100101 111001001 110011101 110010101 1011111010 1111111110 0100110111 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word winter at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word near at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Spring. (From The French Of Charles D'Orleans. Xv. Century);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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