This is an analysis of the poem Calenture that begins with:

Rathe summer had sered the grass in which he lay
Under the little shade...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccXcabbbaXccdddd ccddeedXccffccgg bXbXagaghgdhddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110010111 100101 0111 11010111 1001010101 11010 1111 0111010001 011101 110111 0111100101 110101 00110111110 111101 0101110101 110100010100 1111010001 110101 01010101010 1111111101 0100110101 111111 010100 01011001 0101010101 1101 1111010011 111101 111101 0101110001 0101010101 011101 010101 0100010111 100101010100 00101010101 01010101110 10001010101 1101111100 100001101001 1101001 0111010111 1101010011 0101010111 0101010101 110001 1010010101 0101111111 011101 100010101000 0100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Calenture;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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