This is an analysis of the poem Threnody In May that begins with:

Again the earth, miraculous with May,
Unfolds its vernal arras. Yesteryear... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbacdbdBdXeffdefbfBghghaggXbXBbiXiibXcbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010001 0101010101 1101010101 1101010111 1101011101 1111011101 1001011101 0101010100 1001010101 0101011111 111111 10010101001 011111001000 0101010001 1111000101 1001011111 1100010001 0101000111 0101000111 101110001 0101110001 111111 1101111111 01011110100 11010101001 1001010100 0111010111 1101110101 11010000101 11001101001 1111110111 1111011100 111111 1011010111 1001110101 10001010100 10110000101 11110100101 0101011001 1001010011 1101111001 01110010101 11111101001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1776
  • Average number of words per stanza: 320
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, he are repeated.

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

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