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

Now Spring’s companions, the Thracian northerlies,
that quieten the ocean, are swelling the canvas:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX XcXX adeX adfe ghXg Xhcb dfcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010100 110010110010 111010110110 01100101 011010010101 011010100101 01001001010 01100100 010010010011 111001001101 111101001101 10110100 110010110101 1011001101111 11110001011 11100101 111010101001 11011010010 010110111010 11001101 010011101011 011011010010 100111011101 11110101 1010011010110 10100111111 101011000110 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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