This is an analysis of the poem The Soote Season that begins with:

The soote season, that bud and bloom forth brings,
With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababababababaa
  • 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: 0110111111 0111011101 0100010111 0100011101 100111001101 0111011101 0101010111 010101011 0101010111 0110010011 0101010111 1001110101 1111011101 11011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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  • summary of The Soote Season;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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