This is an analysis of the poem The Seasons And The Leaves that begins with:

Now when the storms have driven out the cold
The Spring comes in with buds in tender sheaf...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcacbdeddedadeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 00110010101 00110010101 0101110101 0110110111 0101111111 0101010101 1101010101 1101111101 111111 1101010101 1101110111 11011100111 1111010101 1111010101 1100010111 0101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 755
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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 are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase old connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Seasons And The Leaves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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