This is an analysis of the poem Squash In Blossom that begins with:

How lush, how loose, the uninhibited squash is.
If ever hearts (and these immoderate leaves...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bccb deed fbbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010010 01011110001 110010111 0110101110 01011000010 10010011010 10110101010 1101000010010 1010101100 10110000111 10011110001 11100101001 11010010101 01000010000110 10011101010 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let, be, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Squash In Blossom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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