This is an analysis of the poem The Seasons that begins with:
W'en de leaves begin to fall,
An' de fros' is on de ground,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabc XXdddd eaXeaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1010101 101000100101 1110101 1010101 1101000111 1010111 10010111 10011010101 1111101 1110101 11101010101 1010101 1010111 10111010101 10100001 1010001 10101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; de is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The author used the same word w'en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Seasons;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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