Spring by Lord Alfred Douglas: poem analysis

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

Wake up again, sad heart, wake up again !
(I heard the birds this morning singing sweet.)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcacbacba XcdddcddXd efbebfeXfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 1101010101 1101011101 111101 1101111001 1001111101 1111111101 1111 0100010101 0111111101 11111111111 1101111101 1111011001 111111 0111011101 1101111111 0101010111 1101 0111110010 1011011111 11011101101 1101110100 1101111101 111101 1101010100 0100110101 0001100101 1100 0100110011 0111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; wake, again, up, with, and, break, earth, through are repeated.

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

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

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

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