This is an analysis of the poem When The Green Gits Back In The Trees that begins with:

In spring, when the green gits back in the trees,
And the sun comes out and stays,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaababAXA acacdadaaa ececcaXAaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110111001 1011111 1111100011 11101111 1110111101 1111101 010110101 10111001 110011110 1011111001 1011100111 00101001 01100101111 111110 1011110111 10111101 100100111 10111001 1111101111 0110111001 1011101101 011111 1010110101 1010111 010100101 10101101 1111101001 10111001 1010011111 1011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, to, you, in are repeated.

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

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

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

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