This is an analysis of the poem August that begins with:
LEAVE me alone, for August's sleepy charm
Is on me, and I will not break the spell; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc bdbdee dfdfgg hihihh XXddee jcjchh ekekXX jbjblX jdjlhh Xfjfjjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110101 0111101101 1101010101 1011011111 1011111101 1111110011 1101010101 1111111101 0101010101 0111010111 11011111001 1011000111 1101111101 11110010101 0101011111 10110110101 01011100111 0101110101 1101110101 10010101010 00101010101 01110111110 1101010111 1101010101 11010101110 0101101111 0101101101 1011010101 1100111110 1101010111 11010100111 1111110111 1101010101 1001010101 1110111101 1111110101 1111010101 0111010011 0101011001 01010010001 1011011101 1001010101 1101110101 0111110101 0111011101 0101010101 0111100101 11011001000 11010011101 11010011110 1111000101 1101100111 1001011101 1101011111 1011010111 01100111101 0111010101 0111011101 0111010111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, how, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, yours, it, a are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of August;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
