This is an analysis of the poem Springtime All In The Morning Early that begins with:

The birds awake with a toot and a tweet,
And sing a song to the morning ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba bc dc d e de d f d fD g bg bh dh D i gi gX dXXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101001101 11010010 11011101 00101010 010100101 00111110 11101110111 1001010 011100101 0111010 011100101 11101010 0111100101 1110011110 1110111110001 1001010 011100101 101110100 0101001011 1010110100 10010101 1101010 0111011011 1001010 010100101 0110111 010111001 111101 111111101 110011110 011111001 1001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 54
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his, 's, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same words the, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Springtime All In The Morning Early;
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  • history of its creation;
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