This is an analysis of the poem In Springtime that begins with:

My garden blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach,
And the koil sings above it, in the siris by the well,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bebefdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100011101 1010010100010101 0010101010101001 1011111010101011 1011101010100101 111010111010101 111010111010111 1111101010010101 1010111010011101 001000101010001 101110101010001 111010101011101 1010001010101110 110010100101010001 011010111101110 1111101010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 550
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word now at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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