This is an analysis of the poem An Officer Deplores The Misery Of The Time that begins with:

In the fourth month summer shines;
In the sixth the heat declines....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aacccc ddeeff aaggbb hhccff iieeaa ffeeccXiiddgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101 0010101 1011101 1001101 0111101 11100111 0010101 1110101 1010111 1011101 1011101 1010111 1011111 1011101 1010101 1000101 1011100 10100111 1010111 1011111 1011111 1011111 10101001 1010111 10010101 0111011 1011101 1011101 10101001 10111001 1010101 1011111 1011111 1110101 1011101 1010001 1110101 1001101 1011101 1011101 1011111 1111111 1010101 1110101 1110101 1011111 1110101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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