This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherds Calendar - July (2nd Version) that begins with:

July the month of summers prime
Again resumes her busy time... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbffbbeeddbbeeccccccggeebbhhiiaajjddkkkXddaaddccccggkkddggccggddddkkiiddkkddggddhhccbb llcXmmhhcXlljjaaeekkbbllaacciiddeehhccggggcc XcggaanncceeiiXiddcXoo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 96,44,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 011010101 101001101 11011101 11111101 01011101 10101001 01011111 01011101 11010101 01011101 11100001 01011101 11010111 01000101 01010110 11011101 01010111 11011111 01010101 10010101 11001111 11000101 11110101 01110101 01011111 110101001 11010101 10010111 11010101 0100111001 01010101 11011101 11010101 11110110 01110001 11010101 01110101 01010111 11000111 11010101 11011100 01111101 11010101 11010101 11111101 1010111 01010101 10101111 01011101 11110100 1101101 110001101 01010101 11110111 11010101 10011101 00110101 10010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11010111 01111101 010010001 10010111 1010101 01011101 11010101 11110111 11011101 11000101 11011101 11010101 11110101 11111101 1011001 11000101 11010001 01010111 11011001 11110001 11010101 1000101 01010111 11010101 11011101 11101101 11011111 11110001 11010101 110101001 111101001 10011101 01011101 10010101 01011101 11101101 11001100 111001001 01111111 01010111 01010111 01110111 11010110 10011101 110001001 1110101 101010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11011101 01010101 11011101 01010111 10010101 11011101 11010001 10110101 01011101 10010101 11110101 1100101 010111001 11010101 110110001 10011001 110100101 11010101 11010101 11011101 10110101 010000101 11011101 010011010 110111010 10010101 11010101 10011101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11110001 11110101 11011101 111100101 11010101 11010101 01000101 01010111 11010101 11010101 110101001 10010101 11011101 11010101 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1819
  • Average number of words per stanza: 337
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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