This is an analysis of the poem A Reflection On Lawson's Poems that begins with:

Seasons bloom and seasons wither; dark or bright, they cannot last.
Must we try with floods of bitter teas to vivify the past?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbX ccc ddd Xee aaa fff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101111101 111010101010001 101011101010101 1110100111111111 101010101010111 111111101010110 101010110010101 110010101011101 101110101001011 111011101010101 101110101011101 111110101110001 10111010101001001 111011101011101 101010011110101 111101101110111 101111101110001 101111101110111 1001101000110001 111011111110101 111011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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