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

With a look and a laugh where the stream was flowing,
September led me along the land;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc X ddXXeebbff X egegaa X hhggeeXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,10,1,6,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 001101101110 010110101 10101110010 110100101 11101011110 11011010010 1 11011101 11110101 1111010101 0101110001 11010101001 1111000101 1111110101 1101111111 0101111001 1101010100 1 0101001010 0111000101 11101111010 0100101011 0101111110 110101010 1 111001101 11010111 0101100101 00100110101 1001110101 0100110010 10011111000 0101000101 1001011100 010100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, with, like, now are repeated.

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

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