This is an analysis of the poem Seasons Come And Seasons Go that begins with:

Summer winds.
Soon they will be gone, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcADeADDCB ABcADeADDCB FEC ABcADeADDCB FEC FECXFEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,3,11,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 11001 1 101 10101 01 101 101000110 0001 001 101 101 11001 1 101 10101 01 101 101000110 0001 001 101 1011101 010101 1111 101 11001 1 101 10101 01 101 101000110 0001 001 101 1011101 010101 1111 1011101 010101 1111 1011101 010101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same words summer, seasons at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words again, old at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Seasons Come And Seasons Go;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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