This is an analysis of the poem The Poet's Calendar that begins with:

January
Janus am I; oldest of potentates; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccdcd a dedeeded X ebebbfbf X gfgffefe h ififfhXh d dbdbbjbj h XeXeejej k kikiilil m Xbfbbkbk m fefeefef m hbhbbXbk m jdjddddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010 1011100101 1011110101 1111010111 0011110111 1101110101 1101100101 1101010011 11011011101 1010 1110010101 1101110011 1101010001 01110010101 1111011101 1101011101 100100010111 01011101001 1 1101111101 0101110101 0101011101 1111000101 1111110101 1101001101 1101011101 1101110011 10 11010100001 01000100010 0111010111 11010110010 11001111110 0101010111 00010110010 0101010111 1 1011011101 1101010001 1111010111 01001010111 11010010101 11101010101 0111001000 1111110111 1 1001010111 0101001101 11010001001 0100010101 11010101001 0101110011 1101001101 1101010001 01 1100010111 010100101001 1101010110 1101101101 0111011101 1101110001 0101010101 1101001111 10 01001001010 11001000101 0111110101 0100011001 1101011101 1101010101 1111010111 0101011100 010 1101110100 0111110011 1111000111 1011110101 0111010101 10010011111 0101110111 0101110001 010 1100111101 1011011101 1111010001 101011010101 1101010011 0101011101 01010000101 1101000111 010 011100011 101010101 0101010111 0110000101 1101010111 0111010010 1111011001 0101110101 010 1001010111 1101010101 0001001111 0101010101 1101010001 1001001001 11110111001 010101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, i, their, of, with, my, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my, by, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines august is repeated).

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

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