This is an analysis of the poem Living Freshness that begins with:

O freshness, living freshness of a day
In June! Spring scarce has gotten out of sight,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXcbXacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010001 01011110101 1101011101 0111110111 110100001110 1101110101 0101101101 01101011111 1111110101 1101011101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Living Freshness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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