This is an analysis of the poem Seasonally Adorned And Erased As Etched that begins with:

Substituted duties saluted,
With a booting done......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccc dadXX ceXfd agaegXfbbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010 00101 010100101 0010100100 110100100 010000100 10100010 0010100 1110110 000110 101010010 010011001 10100101 00010100 010100100 100001 10111 000101 101001 01010101 101001 0101101 1100010 01001010011 001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Seasonally Adorned And Erased As Etched;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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