September by Joanne Kyger: poem analysis

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

The grasses are light brown
and ocean comes in ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcd bX e caf bad aXb X Xb bXb gdbhdedXXXh fabXfXgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,1,3,3,3,1,2,3,11,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 11010 11001 1001011 1101001010 111101 1110100 100111010 1111010001 110000101000 1010101 11000100 110000101010 01111110 01001011 010100110110 101001 11111111 1110001011 1011010 001010001010 111101 111011011 11101010 101 01101111 11000101 11101 1110 001010 001 001111 100101 1111001 1111111 0101011111 01011 1101001 100110111 1101010 11010100 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; of, in are repeated.

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

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.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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