This is an analysis of the poem A Florilegium that begins with:

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All the seasons of the year,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddeeffgghhhhiijj XhhXhjjhXbbkXcciibbjj XXliXhhjXddXmXfmXXbll XhhkXaXhhaXXhcXbb Xaiillaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,21,21,17,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010001 1110111 10101001 1011101 1010101 1111111 10100101 1011101 1010111 1100101 1110111 1010101 0010101 1111111 1010111 1011101 10100101 1010101 1110111 11100001 1 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1011111 1110100 1110101 1011000 1010111 0101101 1101101 1110100 1010101 0110101 1000101 1111101 1011101 1011101 11011011 10101001 1 11100101 01100001 1010111 1111100 101001 1010111 1000101 1001100 1110111 1011100 1001111 1010100 1110101 1000100 10001010 10101000 10100100 0110111 0010111 1000100 1 1110101 1011101 1111111 011001000 1110110 100110000 10100101 1010101 1000101 101010 1011101 1010101 1010101 101010 1010101 1111111 1 1111101 1110101 1010101 1110111 1010110 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 repeated the same word spring at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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