This is an analysis of the poem April that begins with:
April! April! April!
With a mist of green on the trees--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXbXcdc AXbXdebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 00101101 1010011101 11001001 1110100 11110101 101011010 10001 101010 10111111 11101010101 111100 111110 11011011 1111110111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; april is repeated.
The author used the same word april at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase singing connects the lines.
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- summary of April;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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