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

Long, long ago, it seems, this summer morn
That pale-browed April passed with pensive tread... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabcdcd effefghgh hiihXjaca XiiXifkfk dccdcXaga icciXiiii caajahihX accacldld bffbfXaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111010101 1011100111 1010000101 111101 01011010101 0101110101 1001111101 0101010100 11011010101 1011010111 0101010101 0101011101 110111 10011101101 1001000101 1011010101 0111010101 1101010111 0101010001 0111010101 1101010101 0100101 1111011100 0100111111 1001011001 1001010101 1001010101 11000010011 0101110101 11111100110 010101 01011010111 0101110101 1101011101 1101010101 1011011001 01010010111 0111010111 1011000101 010101 10111001001 0101010100 10110010101 0101100111 1101110111 10110100101 1101100101 1011101101 110100 1101010101 1011001101 1101011101 1111110111 11110110101 1100110101 01010111001 1111011100 0101011 1111011111 10001011101 1101001101 1011011000 1101111111 0111011101 1011110101 0101010111 111011 0111011111 1111001101 0100010001 0101010111 110110010011 101010101 1101110111 1001110101 110101 0101000101 1011110111 1101010101 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, in are repeated.

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

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

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

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