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

When June comes dancing o'er the death of May,
With scarlet roses tinting her green breast, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abab bcbc dede bfbfXAbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110100101 0101010011 11010100001 1111110101 1111010111 0101010101 1111011101 1111110011 1111010101 1001011101 1100010001 0111110101 1001010111 11010010111 1111010101 1011010101 11110100101 0101010011 1111010111 0111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; her is repeated.

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

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

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