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

See what delights in sylvan scenes appear!
Descending Gods have found Elysium here. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXbbccddeebbccccffgghhiiffccjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 01011101001 0111000101 1101010101 11011101010 1101011101 1101010101 1101110101 0101110101 1011010101 1101010101 1101011111 1101010101 0101010101 11011111101 1111110001 11011010111 1111011111 1111010111 0101011111 1101110101 1111000101 1111110101 0101011101 0101010101 1111110011 1101010111 0101010101 0101010101 1110110111 1101010101 0011010101 1111011101 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1571
  • Average number of words per stanza: 271
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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.

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

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

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

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