This is an analysis of the poem July 12 that begins with:

Wisteria, hysteria is as obvious a rhyme
as Viagra and Niagara there must be a reason...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdedcccXcXfXfbXfXeXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001000110001 10101010110010 1010010001001 10100110 10100110101010 11111110 00100110111 11011111 0101000010001001 1111011 1101010010 11101110111 101010111011 100111010010100 111111011 0110111010001 01110010010100100 110101101011001 1111010100101 00111000110010 100110111111 010111110010010 10011101011 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1094
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; falls, of, back are repeated.

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

  • summary of July 12;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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