The Effects Of Spring On Nature by James Thomson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Effects Of Spring On Nature that begins with:

See where the winding vale its lavish stores,
Irriguous, spreads. See, how the lily drinks... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdebfeadagaegXfhafijgcgbichj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1001110101 0101110101 0101011111 1011010101 01010100101 01010111001 11011101001 1001010011 101101100010 0100010111 1101110111 0101000101 1101010101 0101010101 1011010101 1001100101 10110001001 1101011101 0101110111 1101000101 1101010001 0101010101 1101010101 01010101001 0101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1001010101 010100101001 101001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 231
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, now are repeated.

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