This is an analysis of the poem Prologue To Spring that begins with:
The winter landscape hangs in balance now,
Transfixed by glare of blue from gorgon's eye;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba bca cdc deXXeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 0101110101 0111010101 0101010101 1100011011 1101010101 111010111 1101011101 111001101 0101010101 1100010101 111010001 101011101 101010101 1111011101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Prologue To Spring;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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