This is an analysis of the poem Allegro Maestoso that begins with:

Spring winds that blow
As over leagues of myrtle-blooms and may;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdbcXeeeeffgfhhgiiii bihbhihjjhkjXkkhhlklcck fhfeihdicehcjdhljimlfijfmXfm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,23,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111 1101010111 100011101 11010100101 00111010011 1101001101 01000100010 1001100101 11010111011 0101111111 11110101111 01000101 110100101 0101011101 01110100110 11010001010 1101010001 10110001010 1111001101 100111100001 011111001001 1101011101 0001010111 01100101001 11010010111 10110101 1101010001 10110101 01001001 10011111101 0101000101 1101010111 1001000101 10010001 1011011101 11010001101 11010111001 10010110000 110100100101 110100110001 10010100010 010010011010 11010100001 0101010101 0101010101 01111101001 11010000101 01001010101 11110 1001000101 01011101110 11010001001 11111100101 1011000101 01001010010 111101111011 10011101 0101011101 0101010101 1001000101 10010010101 100110000110 00101010001 01010001001 1101011101 1111110101 110101001001 0101010101 0111011111 010001011 00101010101 00100010101 010100100001 11010101100 1111111101 1011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1051
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase meet connects the lines.

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