This is an analysis of the poem It's September that begins with:

It's September, and the orchards are afire with red and gold,
And the nights with dew are heavy, and the morning's sharp with cold; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccddaa eeccbb ffggeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 001010101010111 101011101010101 1010101000100101 100110101011011 101011101010101 101110101011001 001010111111101 101100101010101 101010101010101 101111101010001 100010101110111 101011101110001 001010101010101 101011101110101 011010100010111 001010101011111 1001010101010101 101110101010101 0010001010100001 101010101010111 1101101010010111 101100101010101 111111101111111 111010100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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