This is an analysis of the poem The Great May that begins with:

Who said the Spring was dead?
She would not come again,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXba cdcddXdc ebebbebe fgfggfgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 111101 110101 101101 0111101 111100 101111 0101011 101101 100101 101001 1100101 1001001 011101 0011001 001111 111111 110111 0011101 101101 10111001 00100111 110111 011101 1011001 111111 101100 111101 111111 1101101 0011111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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