This is an analysis of the poem September that begins with:

Lo! a ripe sheaf of many golden days
Gleaned by the year in autumn's harvest ways, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010101 1101010101 01111101110 1101000101 1000010101 010111 00010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of September;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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