This is an analysis of the poem Vernal Ode that begins with:

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BENEATH the concave of an April sky,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aXabccdbeffefccbggbg X ffhhiXjXkkjjlladcggc X fafahfhfmcmceebbenXmmadoohhaahhbXbX X fffmmfaeXeaXannappdciXcfffXhhbXcbbf a ggaacadacqqcccaccadncncccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,1,20,1,35,1,35,1,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0100101101 1101010101 010100010001 1111011101 0111100001 11001010001 1001010100 1011011111 1101010101 1111001101 10011100101 1111010111 1101001010101 0101101101 1001010101 1101010001 10011101010 11011111110 01011101 11010101010 1 0101100101 1001011101 1101100101 110100101 11 1101000 1011101 011101000 1001010101 01010011001 100110001 010101001 10011011001 11110001101 11001110101 1001010100 11010001 11010110110 01010101010 0101011101 1 101110 101001 11000101 0101111101 110101 0111011101 101101 1100100101 11010010101 01010101110 01010101 010101010 11111101 100010011 11010101 01001101 11010010101 01010101 010010001 11010101 01010011 1011010101 01001011100 0111010101 100100101 110110111 11010001 01010111 100010101 01010101 111101001 1001010101 110100001 011101001 11110100010 1 1111010001 00110111001 10010011001 100101101 1001010101 1101010101 11110010001 1101000101 01010100 110001 1101011101 1001010100 11101110111 01110110101 1101000100 0011000101 01011101 1001010001 01000100 01010101 10001010 10001010 11001010100 01110011 01010111 1011001101 1101010001 01010101001 100110010001 1101011101 010100 1111010101 0111010011 0111010101 1101010101 1 101101010 0101001010 100010101 01110101 01110101 01000101 11010100 110000111 1100100101 010011101 0101011 01100101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1111010101 01010011 11010101001 1111001100 11110011 1101001001 01000101 11010111110 1011011111 1101100001 1111010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 526
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 141
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; in, of, from are repeated.

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

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

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