Spring Carol by Robert Louis Stevenson: poem analysis

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

WHEN loud by landside streamlets gush,
And clear in the greenwood quires the thrush,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccb bbbbddb eebbbbbXbdbbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1100111001 011011 110011 10101 01001001 01001011 10110101 11000101 010010 001101010 11101 0010101 00101010 010100111 101010001 111011 110011 1011 11001001 11010011 110100101 101010101 10110011 101010011 11111 1001001 10010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, and are repeated.

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

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