This is an analysis of the poem May Song that begins with:
How fair doth Nature
Appear again!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bX b c de d X ff f b fc f g hf h b if i X jX j i ai a e XgXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 0101 11010 1101 01110 0101 11010 1111 11110 1101 11111 1101 11111 1101 11010 1101 11010 0101 01010 1001 11010 1111 11110 1111 01110 1111 01010 1011 11111 01010 11111 11110 11110 1100 01010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 26
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; how, oh are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, oh, as, the are repeated.
The author used the same words oh, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of May Song;
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