This is an analysis of the poem When Each Season Leaves that begins with:

To say today no changes have been made,
Is to exist in a stagnant vacuum....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB CD XXXXX efdaaf AB CDXAebfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,6,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110101 0001001010 1010101 111010101 11011 111010001 11011101 001010 101001 11101 010101 1111001 1111001 01110110 01010000111 0101110101 0001001010 1010101 111010101 0101110101 111001 1110010 0001000100100 00100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to 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 When Each Season Leaves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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