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

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Blue July, bright July, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababccccddeeAXXXXbXX XafafddggfXhhAXccXiiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101101 1011101 100101011 1010101 10110111 10100011 11010111 11111101 11010111 10111101 1011001 10010111 10101101 1010100 1011101 11111101 101111111 1010111 101010111111 0010101 1 101101 1110101 1110111 1010101 1011101 1011101 11010111 1011101 11010111 01100100 1010011 1100111 10101101 1010100 010001101 11001101 101001111 1010111 101111101 00100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 708
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; r is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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