This is an analysis of the poem Good Night To The Season that begins with:

Good-night to the Season!—the rages
Led off by the chiefs of the throng,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcac dadadededfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010010 11101001 010100110 01010011 110011110 01011001 1010010010 11101011 010010010 01001011 110011010 01111011 0010011010 001001011 0010010110 001001011 0011110110 11001101 110110110 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 712
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Good Night To The Season;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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