This is an analysis of the poem Life Is Lovely All The Year that begins with:

When the buds are blossoming,
Smiling welcome to the spring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXCccbCddbbC XXee ccbCccXCffggC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,13,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100 10100001 1010101 1010101 0101111 101111 0011101 11 101111 101111 1010101 11 1010111 1000101 01110101 01110111 11 00011101 0010101 0010111 1000111 0101111 101111 01110101 11 101111 101111 1010101 11 01110101 1011101 10010101 1010101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; fal, la, and, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines la is repeated).

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  • summary of Life Is Lovely All The Year;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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