This is an analysis of the poem An April Adoration that begins with:

Sang the sun rise on an amber morn -
'Earth, be glad! An April day is born.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd bb aa ee ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111101 101110101 101110001 111010011 101010101 111001101 101010001 101010001 101010001 101010101 1010101001 101010011 10101001001 1010010111 101011011 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of is repeated.

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

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

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