This is an analysis of the poem Two Months that begins with:

June
No hope, no change! The clouds have shut us in,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aaaabccbdefdef X bddbffffgdegdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111011110 1101010111 1101000101 1111010101 1011011101 110110011101 11011101001 0010010001 1101010001 01001110101 0111011101 1101010101 1101100101 1101000101 010 1111010001 0101011001 1001010101 0101000101 1101110101 1101010101 1100010111 110100100101 1101010101 0101100101 01000101001 11110101001 10101011101 101110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Two Months;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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