This is an analysis of the poem How Springs Came First that begins with:
These springs were maidens once that loved,
But lost to that they most approved:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010111 11011101 11011110 101011111 010100111 10011111 11101101 01011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.
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- history of its creation;
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