This is an analysis of the poem The Call Of April that begins with:

April calling, April calling,
April calling me!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacded fafagaEa fhihXheh afgfefEf XiiiciEi gjgjbjij fkikfkfk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 10101 11010101 011101 111101 111100 11111111 010100 10010101 110111 11010011 111101 111101 111101 11111111 010101 11010101 010101 01011101 010101 11011010 110111 11111111 111101 11011101 110111 11110101 110101 111101 110011 11111111 110111 11110101 011111 11010101 011101 111101 110001 11111111 101111 11010011 101111 11110101 010101 11111111 011101 11010101 010101 111101010 110111 11000101 110111 110101 111101 11010101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; april, calling, and, of are repeated.

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

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

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