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

Where ceaseless Spring her garland twines,
As sweetly shall the loved one rest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dede bcbc ffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101010 11010111 100101001 11011001 11110111 11011101 11111101 11010101 11110101 01000101 11110100 11010101 01010001 110010101 01010101 11011001 11111111 01010111 011100111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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