This is an analysis of the poem Gentle Spring that begins with:
I sit with my feet in the oven,
My nose close up to the pipe ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba X b cd c ef ef g cg c X hX h a cf c d cXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110010 1111001 101101100110 111101010 11111111 11011011 111011001 110010001 111001011 111001001 101011001 110001111 011010101 111001011 11101001 0010010001 010110100 01011001 110110100 11011011 101111001 111011011 101101011 1110010001 11011001 111001011 001001010 0110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, my, still, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Gentle Spring;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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