This is an analysis of the poem To My Sister that begins with:

It is the first mild day of March:
Each minute sweeter than before ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dddd efEF gXgb hihi bdbd jeje klklXefEF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00011101 10110101 01010011 110111 10010001 11010101 00111101 110011 11010101 11110101 11110101 111101 10010111 11011111 11111011 110100 11011101 110100 10011101 0100001 11010101 0101010 01010101 00010010 11011111 1001010 111111001 0100010 11011101 111101 11010111 110001 10011011 010101 11010011 110101 11110111 01111111 11111011 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; from, to are repeated.

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

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