This is an analysis of the poem Down The Lanes Of August that begins with:

DOWN the lanes of August—and the bees upon the wing,
All the world's in color now, and all the song birds sing;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeffXccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101010101 1010101110111 1010100110001 1010101010101 1010101011101 1000100011101 10101110101 1000101110101 101010110101 1000100010001 1010101110101 1010101111111 1010100010111 1011101010101 11111011101 101010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, with are repeated.

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

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