This is an analysis of the poem A Summer Morning that begins with:

Welcome, glad morning, night's sable curtain
Rolls from the valley and mountains away;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cbcb dede XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011010 1001011001 10111010010 1001011001 10010010010 0101110011010 10011111110 110010110110 10011010110 1011011011 11010110110 11001111011 1001010111 1011101011 1001001111 1011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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  • summary of A Summer Morning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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