This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of The Summer Term that begins with:

When Lent and Responsions are ended,
When May with fritillaries waits,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcbC aXabXcbC XXabbcXC XXbcbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100110 11010001 10100011010 11111001 110010010 001101001 11001001 110101001 110111010 11001011 110111110 11101011 11011001 111111001 111010111 110101001 1010010100 110111010 1010011010 11001011 10111001 101011001 1010010010 110101001 10 01001101 01101001 11111001 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; when, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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