This is an analysis of the poem A Masque Of The Seasons that begins with:

Scene.--_A kitchen.--Group of Children, popping corn.--The Fairy Queen
of the Seasons discovered in the smoke of the corn-popper.--Waving her... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbc a DD b effe a DD g hffh a DD d ciic a DD X gffg a Xidd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101010101 001001000100110100 1101010100100000100 10010011011101010 10 1 1011010111 11110101 1010 10111110 10101 10101 10100111 1 1011010111 11110101 1010 11101111 01101 10111 110111001 1 1011010111 11110101 10101 11011101 11101 10101 11011101 1 1011010111 11110101 1010 100101101 1101 10111 100111111 1 111001101 110100001 1011010111 10101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Masque Of The Seasons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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