This is an analysis of the poem The Season Of Depletion that begins with:

The season of depletion comes.
With the loss of those dancing sugar plums, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: Aab aXac dAdXbaec XaaXXX eecXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,8,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 0010110101 101000010110 011111010 101001 00110101110 01110110001 1 01000101 11101111101 1100110 010101001 01001111101110 101001010100 111001001 1110100 011010100100 1101010111 110101 111110 10101111 1110 1110 111 1101101 1111101010 101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

  • summary of The Season Of Depletion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar