This is an analysis of the poem The Season Of Loves that begins with:

By the road of ways
In the three-part shadow of troubled sleep...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXba cdXc XebeXadAace
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 0011110101 11010100100 1111010010 11011011 01111001 1001001101 111110010 001000100 01101 1101001100 110110110100 110100101010 101010110 10101 1010100101 110101010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of is repeated.

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

  • summary of The Season Of Loves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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