This is an analysis of the poem Knee-Deep In June that begins with:

Tell you what I like the best --
'Long about knee-deep in June, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbac ddeXXfXcaeag hhiiXdaaXddaaff jjhhaahjjcc cccfXcfXfXcfjj bXagdjajjdg ddekffejkjii jjXfeejjbXXhaahhha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,15,11,14,11,12,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1011111 1111101 1011100 1010011 1011101 1011101 1110111 1111111 1110100 1110101 1010111 1010101 1010001 1011100 1011101 1011111 1010101 1010101 1110111 1001111 1111100 1010101 1111000 1011100 1110101 1010101 1111111 0011111 1110100 1010101 1110101 0010111 1001001 1011111 1010111 1011111 1110111 1111111 1010011 1011101 1110001 10101101 1110101 1010101 101010000 1011111 0011110 1010101 1110100 1100111 1111111 00101100 1111101 1010101 11111000 1111110 1010101 1010100 1011101 1010111 1110101 1011101 1010101 1010111 1110100 1111101 1110110 1011111 0010101 1111011 1110101 1001111 1010111 0010100 1101111 1011101 1110100 1110101 1010101 1111111 1000100 1011111 1010101 0110101 1110101 1011010 1111110 1111111 0110111 0011111 1111111 1111001 1010101 1111101 11000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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