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

FEAST OF ST. PARTRIDGE
The only saint in all our calendar... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXaabab cdcdedee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110 0101011100 0011010101 01001010101 1100110111 0111110101 1001110101 0101010101 11001111101 1101010111 1101111111 1101110101 0101101101 0011110101 0101011111 1001100101 01001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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; and is repeated.

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