This is an analysis of the poem The Idler’s Calendar. Twelve Sonnets For The Months. July that begins with:

GOODWOOD
To the high breezes of the Goodwood Down... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXbXabX bcbcaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10 0011000101 1011110101 0100011111 1011110111 1011011100 01010110101 1011010011 0111010100 0101111101 1001110111 0101110101 1011010001 1111010111 1101001100 1111010111 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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