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

The gardens full of gold and decay,
With lure of purple of the swelling ailments,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cdcd eebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010101101 01010001010 1101010101010 010001000101 010101110101 100110001010 1101010111 1101011100110 111101110001 101000001010 11110001010 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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