This is an analysis of the poem Love's Seasons that begins with:

When the bees are humming in the honeysuckle vine
And the summer days are in their bloom,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaA CbcC dXdd XdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011100010101 101011011 111010110101 1011100010101 10111010011111 101010101 11111010101 10111010011111 0010100010001 0010101001 1111101010101 0010100010001 1110111000101 101110111 11111010001 1110111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, of, always are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Love's Seasons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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