This is an analysis of the poem April that begins with:

Eyes tell, tell me, what you tell me,
telling something all too sweet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bccbXacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1010111 10101010 0010101 11111110 10111010 11111110 10100110 1110101 00101010 11101010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tell, your are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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