This is an analysis of the poem Dance Of The Seasons that begins with:

I—Spring
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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXbcbdecdeaabb ccXcdcdcaeae fffffggXhhbbdd ieieggiibbejejeekefkfiiggiillffiiccbbbcc i mjcjcccjjibibXnXn mgXgXemc ccccififggk gffkkjjkkjjddjjbb ffbababdbdbabbbaabbb j XghghffoocXiecifafaooao cjcjffffbkbkboboaaaafdfdfcaaoo i mgeggegopopbiddib ffgiigoii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,12,14,40,1,17,8,11,17,20,1,23,30,1,17,71,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 011 11 1001101 011111 0101100 1001101 1001100 1110111 0100111 111100 10110111010 1011001001010 0111011 00100111 1011 110110110 011110 01011010 11001000101 011101 01001001 110111 11011010 0100101 101001110 0111001 11 1011 110111 110111 110100101011 11011 00101 011101101110 1111 1101010111101 0101001 10101101 1010101 1101 111010 0100111111 1111010 1101011001 1101010001 1101010101 1011010 1100010 1011001111 110110111 11001100100 110101 11001010101 010101 100101 110101 0101100101 0111100100 0111111101 11001110011 1100011101 10110 01010 1101011011 1011 10110 10010 01110011101 1001 1101 01001 0001010 1110 100100100101 1101 1011101 0101 0100 0100111 11011 110 010 1111101010111 100101 1101010101 10100101 10010010 0101010 01101001 1111 01011010 1111 111001110 1010101 111001110 1111 1010011010 00111 1010 111 11010 0101 110110 0111 11010 1100 0101010101 100111 1101111101 011101 11001110110 011001 010010100010 01001 1001010101 1001011111 101 01001011001001 010010010010001 10111111001111 111 11001111101011 11001111001101 1100100101111 110011011111 101 011100 010100 110101 101101 111101101111011 11100110100111 111011101011011 11001111000101 010101 100101 11011 110011010 01101 110011010 1111 01111111 00111 11011001 10101 110110110 1111 111111 1101 1111010 1101110 1111 101 01 110 10 1101 111 101 111 111111001101 101101110101 1001011001011 11111011111 111101 10000 10111110 1100 10111001 11011110 01001 1010010110 1101 110110110 01001 11110101110111 110110110 10111 1100111110010 111101100101 11000111101110 1100101101111 110011111001 1111101100101 101001011 01001001 1100100 1001 0100100 1001 11111101001011 01001011 110001111011111 111011011 111110010010110 001101 1110011010011010 11101 1110111 11101 1100101 011001 1110111 11101 11101110 11101110 1110111 10111 110 010 11 101111 1001 1001 0111001 00111 11011011 11011011 111011011 11001001 10011 101010 11111 11111 11010 11100111 11 100111 01110100101 0101110 0101110 010011100101 0111111 010010101010 0101010110110 0111101 10011001011010 111111 1110101 111101 1010001010 0101101 010110110 011110100101 101101 1010110110 10111 10110111101101 101010011001001 101101111011111 10100111110111 11 11011111001 01111 01110 1111 00101 11101 1110010 11011 10101 10111 011001 10111 101001 10111 11101 110010110 0101 001001010 1101 101001010 11001110 10101 1111 110111 1101 1001011 110111 0100101 1101111 101101 0101111 1101101 10101 11001010 1101101 1100011 1101 1101001 0101 100101 11100 1100101 1110111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 300
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, by, on, in, of, they, their, she, for, give, down, me, come, your, that, it, he, with, her, till are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, of, on, a, the, they, come, with, you, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 them, blest, her are repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases forgets, give connect the lines.

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  • summary of Dance Of The Seasons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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