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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