This is an analysis of the poem Immutable that begins with:

AUTUMN to winter, winter into spring,
Spring into summer, summer into fall,-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXdXefghgdcdiigiififighXeXhbXXXieihdXj aXiXjfigieheX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010100001 01001010001 1101011111 1011111111 110101010010 111001001 0111101111 1101111111 0111110101 10111010101 10011101001 1100001 1001 0101111011 0111101101 0111010111 1101101101 1001010111 0101010011 010011110 1011011001 1011010111 1101110111 0101010101 1111110111 1111111101 0101011000 1111111111 1111010000 01010011 11 1111011000 1101110100 1101110011 10000100011 1111111101 1011011111 0101110101 0101111101 1011010101 1001110101 10111110101 1111010101 0101000101 1011011111 0101110101 11010100101 1001010 1101 11010101001 0001000101 11011010001 11110001001 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1098
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, into, so, change, thy, and are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Immutable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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