This is an analysis of the poem Ask Not The Cause Why Sullen Spring that begins with:
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
So long delays her flow'rs to bear;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc bdbdbb eeeebb cfcfec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111001 11010101 110010101 11010101 10011101 010011101 10010101 111101001 11010001 01010101 11111101 01011011 11011111 01111101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 11000101 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 0001011000110000000100001010010100001010101000010110010100110110111000100001011001011010100100010000101101010000100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- 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; to, and, for, university are repeated.
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