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

Now 'tis the time when, tall,
The long blue torches of the bellflower gleam... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaa cddcc eeXee fggff heehh ieeiX jiijj eeeee kaakk illii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 01110001101 0101110101 0100101 1001011 111111 1101110101 1011110101 0101001 100101 110111 01001110101 0011011101 010101 0101101 111111 0101010101 1111011101 100101 010101 110101 01010100101 11010010111 010111 0101101 111111 0101010111 1001010101 1111001 101000 111101 0111011101 0101110101 110111 111101 111101 01010101001 10010101011 011111 110101 011101 0111110101 0011110011 1011001 110011 111101 1101001101 1111010001 111101 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of July;
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