This is an analysis of the poem Quando Ver Venit Meum? that begins with:

--Poet, babbling delicate song
Vainly for the ears of love,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab XcXXc cdccd eXeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 1010101 1110111 101101 1111 11111001 1111111 11100110 001101 1111 11100011 1111111 1010111 101101 0111 10111011 1010100 1011111 111101 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, thy are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Quando Ver Venit Meum?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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