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

Spring is past and over these many days,
Spring and summer. The leaves of September droop,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXabbcdAdecXacXceX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101101 011100100101 1001011110101 1011010111 10101011011 0111100101 11010111101 01011101101 110110011 10010100111 11100111010 111010101110 11101010101 100010111001 110010011111 0011110100 01001111101 0111000110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 811
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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