This is an analysis of the poem The Happy Couple that begins with:

AFTER these vernal rains
That we so warmly sought,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba ba ca c c bc bb Xb d e fe fe ge g d dd da ba b d fd fd dd d h bh bh ih i h jh jj fj f g dg dk dk d b ab af cf c b db db kb k g dg Xc gcXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 111101 111111 010111 111101 100101 110111 111101 11101 110101 1101001 110101 111101 01001110 100111 010111 110101 011011 100101 0100101 110111 1100101 111101 101101 010101 010111 011101 010001 010101 110101 11101001 100101 010101 110101 110101 110111 011101 110111 110111 1101111 111101 110101 011101 010101 100111 011101 111101 001101 011100 111101 110001 110101 110101 010111 1111001 110101 110111 111111 101111 0111001 110101 010101 011111 1111001 111101 0100101 010111 110101 110101 010101 111111 1101101 1101001 010101 110111 101101 110111 010101 110111 010101 010111 010101 110111 001110 101111 101101 100111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Happy Couple;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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