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

A WEEK AT PARIS
When loud March from the East begins to blow,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXabXcbc dedefeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110 1110010101 11110111111 1011010111 11010001001 0110010100 1101110111 1111011111 1110111101 1111110111 1101011101 0101000101 1111111111 1111011111 1001110001 1101110111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, and are repeated.

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