This is an analysis of the poem Fæsulan Idyl that begins with:

Here, where precipitate Spring with one light bound
Into hot Summer's lusty arms expires;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcdbeXbffghcffXbeddcfaigbabiccgjXbXcXbXkldkmc ac hicfcmjXXiclc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,2,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101010111 00110101010 1111111111 1111010100 1101111111 1001011101 11010110101 010101101 1111001101 1111011011 1101011101 0101110101 1100110001 1101010111 0101011111 1101010111 10110001101 1111001100 1111010011 1111011101 1111011111 01110110111 10011011101 0111001101 1101010101 1100110101 11101010101 0011010111 11100111101 1101110101 1100110101 1101011001 1101110101 0011011101 0111011101 11001101110 1111110011 0101010111 11000010101 11011101000 1011011001 1101010110 1101010111 1111111111 11001010101 1101011111 1111000111 1111010 001 110111 1111 1011011101 1111011100 1111101101 1111010101 0011110101 0101010001 0111100 111 0111011101 0101010100 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at, their, and, of, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fæsulan Idyl;
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  • history of its creation;
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