This is an analysis of the poem Spring In The Alps that begins with:

THE flowers are at their Bacchanals
Among the lusty green; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacaca bdbd bdbd cececece fXfdfdfdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010111100 010101 11010101 010111 11011100 010101 110000101 110001 01110001 1100101 101000101 100111 11011111 100111 110010101 0101001 01010101 110001 11011101 110101 11010101 1101001 11010111 111101 110111011 110100 01010101 010111 11001101 111111 01110101 010111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Spring In The Alps;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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