This is an analysis of the poem June that begins with:

June is here, the month of roses, month of brides and month of bees,
Weaving garlands for our lassies, whispering love songs in the trees,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101011101 1010111010011001 101010101001111 101010101010101 101010101010111 1011011010100011 101010101010101 1011011111010101 101110111010011 111011001110101 101010101110101 10101011010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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