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

This is the tomboy month of all the year,
March, who comes shouting o'er the winter hills,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbabbbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0001110101 11110100101 1001010111 11100100001 1101010111 1100011101 0101110101 11010101101 1101110111 0111010111 1011000101 1101000101 1011010111 1011110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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