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

Ah, truant, thou art here again, I see!
For in a season of such wretched weather...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdXcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110111 10010011010 11111111010 1111111101 1001011101 01110111110 11010011010 1101010100 01010110001 0101010001 0111000101 1111111011 10010000101 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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