This is an analysis of the poem Since It Is The First Of August that begins with:
The first of the month seems so promising,
Doesn't it? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC dbXXecd ABC bcfXbXebecfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0100111100 100 110100101001 101 10001010 1001000110001 10100101 001001011011 1010 10101000101001 0100111100 100 110100101001 1110110001 110101110111 01001001100 10110101 00010010110 1 00011010 11100111 00010101100101 1100 01100100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; of is repeated.
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