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

Alas! and oh that Spring should come again
Upon the soft wings of desired days,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcadcda efefgbXgbc XeXedcXdXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111011101 0101100101 1100110001 1101000101 1101101101 11110011101 101100111010 110111 11111100010 0011011101 110001010 11011101010 1000010101 10010011010 1101110011 10010101001 1101010010 110101 1101110101 1101010001 0111000101 110011101001 0111011100 11110101000 1011111111 1001010111 1111010100 110101 0111000100 1101000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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