This is an analysis of the poem When September Arrives, Again that begins with:

September arrives and Autumn begins.
The Summer then bows to Fall....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDE AXXafda cafbecgX AaBCDE CDEggXCDggEFeFag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,8,6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111001 0101101 1101 011110101 0110 01001 1011010 1101 1101 11010 111100 101010101 01010101010 10101 00111010 100101 11101 010111 01 110 01001 11001 0101101 1101 011110101 0110 1101 011110101 101001 11001 0101 1101 011110101 11001 0101001 101001 1010 01 1010 01 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 when is repeated.

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

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  • summary of When September Arrives, Again;
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  • history of its creation;
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