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

GRASS commence a-comin'
Thoo de thawin' groun',...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbabacdcXeXeXbdbXfXfagXgbbXbXfXfXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 10101 101110 10110 110010 11001 111010 11001 111010 10111 101111 10101 111010 10101 101110 11101 100010 10111 101111 11101 111010 11111 1110100 11101 1111010 11101 111010 10101 101001 11101 1110100 10111 101010 10101 101010 11101 111010 10101 111010 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 951
  • Average number of words per stanza: 176
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Spring Fever;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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