This is an analysis of the poem Poem (Remember Midsummer: The Fragrance Of Box) that begins with:

Remember midsummer: the fragrance of box, of white
roses...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdedbbdabfdXg abXhXidaX eXfhiXcfgbebddbbfcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,9,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101100100101 10 101101010101 111001001000 1011011111110 110101101010 110010 101010010110 101101011 1110101010 11001010001 1011110101101 01 10010100011010 1010111 1000101100101 11 1001111111 11010011111110 010011111010 10100 011111101101111 1 01111010 1110100111 1001100101010 10 01110011011010 01010111100 101100111011011 11 1001011101011010 1101110011 11011000110 11110011111 0 111 11011110010101 100110111101 10 11010101011010 011010110101110 10 0010101100101001000 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; of, as, i, and are repeated.

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