This is an analysis of the poem A Spring Wooing that begins with:

Come on walkin' wid me, Lucy; 't ain't no time to mope erroun'
Wen de sunshine 's shoutin' glory in de sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcbc dadaXeXe XfXfdgXg XhXhXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111011110110 101111010001 1010101111010101 10101011101 1111101111100001 11101100101 1101010101011111 10101011101 111111111101101 111111100101 111010111100111 00100111101 111110101110111 11111010011 111111101010101 10101111111 101010101110101 11101110001 101011110011101 11101011111 111011101010111 10111110111 1111111011111110 110100111111 11010111011111001 10111010101 101010101010101 1110011001111 110101110101101 110101010100 111111110010101 111011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, to, dey, an', you, he, fu', 's, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of A Spring Wooing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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