Dictation.

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 This is a poetic text, in which the author is comparing some times he has lived, for example he sais "it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope , it was the winter of despair ". He is associating some emotions like hope, wisdom, belief, with times,ages,epoches, seasons.