This is an analysis of the poem March that begins with:
I
Winter is long in this climate ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdefc X ghcijgXk ghlXbbmbdng X aofoccdd cXcnoiehc nijaXlbbmonX eXcmckcdc X emXXloobdoockcmccp a oeecig elcdnbfcc jkp omm cam ccXei ii icm bmX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,11,1,8,9,12,9,1,18,1,6,9,3,3,3,5,2,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10010010 1010100011 10010111 01100111 11101100 100011110 10011001 110011 1 1 101010 01001100 100101 11010 1 11110010 11010110 1 111010 1101111 010001 110100 1101 11101100 1011000 110100 0101111 001 1 1 10111 0101111 01110010 0111010 101111 1101 100011 10110 00110 10011 0101010 1000011 11001 111010 1010010 11010 1 111000101 10 10111 0101100 111101 111001 11111 1110110 111110 100100 0110 1010110 1101100 0111101 1000 011 100101110 1010111 10111011100 110001 1 11001 1001010 0101010 1010110 1100110 010001100 10101101 11 10010100 11 10110 0101 110010 1100101 1001010 101101 1011110 1101 1 111010 111011011 11110010 1 11001010 101001001 10 1011001 11010110 00100100 11101 10100 10111 101101 101010 101010 10110 010111 101010101 0100 111100 10101 1011 010110 10110 11110 0110101 101011010 1110 11111110 100110101 11001 11010 1100 1 100101010 110
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 125
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; winds, that, digging, now, for, seeking are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, winds, seeking are repeated.
The author used the same words march, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines misery, frozen are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase marching connects the lines.
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- summary of March;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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