This is an analysis of the poem Oh For A Day Of Spring that begins with:

Oh for a day of Spring,
A day of flowers and folly,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeXX fcfcgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 01010110 011111 1101010 1111010 0111010 110101 0101110 011101 1101110 1111100 1101010 110101 0101110 010101 1101010 1111010 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Oh For A Day Of Spring;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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