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

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I WALK about in driving snow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbc dede cfcf Xghhg biib ajja dffd gggg kjXk fggf Xiill mmkf ffll mmaa ffff Xkkjj ffii ggXg aaii aihih kaka afnaf faaf cXdc jd Xiiii aaaa aaaa Xooan ffiiaa Xddccgggaa jfXfc odod Xnma
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,2,5,4,4,5,6,10,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11010101 11001110110 11110001101 11011001 111101001 01011101 11110101 010101001 101111001 11011101 10110001 01111101 1 11010101 11111111 10010101 11010101 11011101 10010101 11010101 0100111001 01011111 11000111 11010101 11101101 111101101 11011001 11010011 11111101 11010101 110111001 01010101 11010101 11010101 111101101 111100110 11010101 11110101 11010100 11010101 11001101 1 0111101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1011101 10101001 1010101 100011 1001111 1010101 10011101 1110111 01110001 1011101 1010101 11101001 11100111 1010101 1011111 10101001 1 1111011111 0101010111 0101010101 010101110111 0111001101 0011010101 1011010001 111101010101 0101010101 01010100101 01011001001 111101101101 1111110101 1100110001 1111000111 110111110111 1 111001000001 0011100101 0011111111 00110110111 1101001001 11011110001 1111010101 1111111111 1 1111010001 1101110100 10101111111 1101110001 1001010101 01001011111 1111110111 11000011101 1011111101 1101011000 1111001111 1111010111 1111110101 10011110111 1 111101001 01111101 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010101 01010111 11110111 11111111 11100111 01110011 11011111 1 01010101 11010111 01010101 10010100 01011101 11011101 100110101 1101100101 11111111 11110101 1 1010101 1010101 1110111 1110101 1110101 1110101 1000101 1111011101 1001110101 1 01010101 1101010110 11010111 11111101 11110101 010100101 11110101 01111101 01011101 11111100 11110111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; what, and, in, on, of, poets, i, like, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, gathers, of, in, like, do are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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  • summary of Echoes Of Spring;
  • central theme;
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