This is an analysis of the poem In Blossom-Time that begins with:

It’s O my heart, my heart,
To be out in the sun and sing-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc dcXc eada fgfg Xheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 00100111 011100101 00110100 1111001 1111001 1101100101 11101111 0111001 1100111 10100100101 1001101 111010101 1110101 101001001001 1110101 11111111 10100101 10100101111 1100101 1100100111 1111001 111110111 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of In Blossom-Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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