This is an analysis of the poem It Is March that begins with:

It is March and black dust falls out of the books
Soon I will be gone...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdc eeXXde cXc eXaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 00111111001 11001 01101111 1010 1010101001110 110 1111101101 1010110 111110 0110101010 11110 1111 010001100011 010101001 0010010010010 10101 0100110101 10011 110110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of It Is March;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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