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

The wind that breathes of columbines
And celandines that crowd the rocks;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd eeeee fefee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 110001101 11010001 01000101 11110111 11110101 01110111 11010101 11010101 10011001 11110101 11011101 110000101 11010101 11011111 01110111 01110011 01111101 11001101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; that, and are repeated.

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

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

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