This is an analysis of the poem Spring In War Time that begins with:

I feel the Spring far off, far off,
The faint far scent of bud and leaf-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaa XbXbb XcXcc bdXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011111 01110111 111011101 00101 11 01110111 10010111 11011101 1101 11 01010001 10011101 11010101 1001 11 10011101 01010111 11010101 1011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; far is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines grief, fight, graves, death are repeated).

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