This is an analysis of the poem A Dirge that begins with:

LET Summer go
To other gardens; here we have no need of her. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc ceec fXef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101 010101111100 111101111100 1111011111 1011 01010010001 0111111101 11011101111 1011 1100101101101 110101011101 1001011011 1101 0011000111 0101000101 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; let is repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her, us are repeated).

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