This is an analysis of the poem II. 'The golden spring redeems the withered year' that begins with:
The golden spring redeems the withered year,
And wherefore should my spirit be afraid...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabaab cccccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01001010101 11001110001 1101110101 1111010101 1101111111 1111010101 11010001111 1101010101 11011011011 11011101010 100101010011 10110001010 01001010101 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.
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