This is an analysis of the poem Spring And Winter that begins with:
WHEN daisies pied and violets blue,
And lady-smocks all silver-white, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababCCdEE fXfXCCdEE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111001 11011101 11110101 11011001 011111001 11011111 11 11111101 10000101 11011101 11011101 11011111 11011101 011111001 11011111 11 11111101 10000101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; cuckoo is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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