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

The budding.
A rebirth of a season missed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbb AddXde AeXf bfdfdXDCDCDaec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 00100101 010101101 111110 1111 010 01011101 1110111 10010101 1010001101 00111000101 010 001011 110000010 0111 1111110101 1111001011 001010110 101101101100 00110100101010 101010001001 0010010101 101010001001 0010010101 101010001001 0010 0101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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