This is an analysis of the poem Hazel Blossoms that begins with:

THE SUMMER warmth has left the sky,
The summer songs have died away;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXa bcXcc dedee fcfcc dedee gbgbb dhdhh hbhbbXccccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 01011101 11000101 01011101 01010111 01010101 110101001 01010001 11000111 11000111 1101111 01010111 10110100 01010101 01010101 110110110 101011101 100101010 01111111 01100101 11111111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 10110101 11010111 10011001 01010101 01010101 01010111 010001001 10010101 01010111 011100101 10111101 11010101 11010111 11110101 11010101 01011100 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Hazel Blossoms;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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