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

A month at least before the bloom
and already five bare-limbed cherries...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcaXdXeXfffdcd gdcfX aecaXbcbcgXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 101011110 10111001 0010010 1000101 0111111 11010 0111 1010001010 001011111010 01111110001 1110101 000101101 0110111011 0111001101 1111101 1011110110 0111100101001 1101111010 100101101 1111111001 10101001111 01110101 110101010 01101010010 1101 111 1100100100110 100101100100 10000101110 110101111 0111011 101001 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines side is repeated).

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

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

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