This is an analysis of the poem Very Early Spring that begins with:

The fields are snowbound no longer;
There are little blue lakes and flags of tenderest green.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbabbbaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111110 1110111101001 0110110001 1101110100101 10110010 1100111001010 11011010 1001010110101 10010100101 01101001 11101001010 10101110 101010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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