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

Who is it says May is the crown of the year?
Who is it says June is the gladdest?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc bdbd ecec fbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011001001 100110010 10011001011 01010110 11011111011 111010010 01011101101 010110110 11101011101 010011010 11111001011 111111110 11001111001 111111010 11111011111 111110110 11101101001 111010110 101011101011 1011011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, it, says, out, come, to, my, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, the, come are repeated.

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

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

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