This is an analysis of the poem The Idler’s Calendar. Twelve Sonnets For The Months. December that begins with:
AWAY TO EGYPT
Enough, enough! This winter is too rude,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbccdcd acacecee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010 0101010011 1101000111 1011010111 1111111111 1101110011 1111010101 0101110101 1011011101 0101011101 110100011 10111110001 1001000111 1111010101 1100110111 100011000001 0111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; too, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase away connects the lines.
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