This is an analysis of the poem A Season Of Repose that begins with:

In summer time, under the leaves, in Calm
Of middle country, sweet it is to be ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaaca deedded fXgfXgf hiihXih ejjeXje hiXhhih ikkiiki beebbeb kllkklk affaafa miXmmim iaaiiai jjjjjjj hhhhhhhXfjjfejf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101100101 0101010000 0101010100 0101110101 0101110101 10010001100 1101010111 1001111101 1111011101 1101011101 1100010111 111101100101 1111010101 1101010101 1111001101 1101110111 11001010101 0101010101 0101010100 0101011101 1101111101 1001001101 010011011 1101010101 1011010001 1100011000 1111010111 1101110101 0101010100 0100010101 1110010101 0101010100 1111110000 0111110101 1001010101 11010101011 1001010101 1001010110 1011110111 1101110111 0101110011 0101110101 1101010001 01001010001 01001000101 0101011101 11010010101 1001010111 0101010111 0001011111 1101001111 1001010101 1001010111 11111110101 11010101001 11001111001 110110111 0001010101 0111010111 11011101001 1011110101 1011011101 0101011111 01010011111 1101110101 1101100101 1001111111 1101001101 1111010011 1111011111 11010101001 1101111101 1101010100 1001000101 1111011101 1111111001 1001011111 1100110101 1111110101 1101000101 1111110101 1101010101 0111001101 11110100101 1111001111 0001110111 0100110011 0101010101 0011110101 1001000101 1101010111 1111011101 1111010101 1101110101 1101110101 1101101101 010010100001 011101101 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 01110010111 11010010111 0111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; of, and, their, by are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, all, the, have, and are repeated.

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