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

Inviting the influence of a young lady upon the opening year
You wear the morning like your dress...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXaXaXaababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100100001100101001 11010111 1101001 111111000 110101 01110101 111001 01011101 110101 11010111 0101010 01111101 0101010 11110101 11101 01010101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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