This is an analysis of the poem Midsummer Midnight Skies that begins with:

Midsummer midnight skies,
Midsummer midnight influences and airs,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcdae aeadfagghXahebgi aXafaaXcahigdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111 11011110011 01010010001 1001110001 11110011101 0100111 01000100 0100100100001 0101 11010001101 110100010 110010010111 1111101100 1011001 10001010101 0011100 1101110111 0100100 110010111010 01010100001 11110101101 1001100110 100100001 01111100111 01111111 0101010111 10111111101 11110110 1000111 1011101111 1101001 1001000101 0011011 1011011111 111111 10010101111 110000100000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Midsummer Midnight Skies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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