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

Inside this northern summer's fold
The fields are full of naked gold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccc dbdbeefff ffccbbbXb aaaabbccc gheeiiaaa iciciiXgg bbjjXakkk ebebbbkff llbbbbiii mfmfbbccX bbcXaannX ananbbaaa ooppggnnn inineeddX qqaaaabbb fbfbnnkkk bbXbaannn goXoaarrX mmbbXiccc nbnbnnnnn iibbiXfff bkbfnnggg ccffssnnn acacbbsss ooccooggX sgsXm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01110101 110101101 01110101 11110101 11011101 10110101 11011111 1011 11110101 01011101 101111101 010111111 1101001001 01010011 11001101 11111111 0101 1010101001 110011101 11111111 101010111 11011101 01000101 10110101 0011001000 1111 110101010 01010101 10111111 011110101 11101111 110100011 011010111 11011101 1011 10111101 111100100 11010111 101101001 10010011 10010101 10111101 10101111 1011 10110001 01001111 11011101 01010101 111111011 101110100 111101110 01010101 1101 10010101 11010001 01011101 01110101 100101010 01100101 101111010 111001010 01010 01010111 01110101 11001101 01110101 110101101 110101000 11111110 1111101011 1111 101111100 11110101 01110111 11000101 11001111 11100011 11101101 01110111 01011 101111011 00111111 111110101 01111111 11010111 11000111 11011111 10110111 1111 101111101 11011111 10100111 11110111 11110101 10010111 01011111 1110111101 010100 10110111 111111001 11010111 10010101 11010101 11010111 110101011 11101101 1101 11000111 11110111 01110101 10110101 111001001 11001011 11111001 10011011011 0101 01010111 010011010 11011101 100000110 11010111 1100001 10111101 01111111 1011 11011101 11010100 10111101 111101001 11010111 10110001 01110011 11010101 1101 10110101 111101001 11011101 11010111 00101111 01100101 110100110 01100110 1000 01111110 10111011 01111100 11110111 01110101 11110111 11111101 10101101 1001 10110111 11110001 0100100 10110101 101010101 10110110 10110111 11110111 1111 11111111 11111100 110111010 11010001 01100110 11010101 010010011 01110111 1111 11110111 0100111001 11110101 11110111 11101111 11111111 01110111 11111101 00111 100111001 11010101 111100101 0111001 11110100 001010100 101100101 10110011 1111 101010111 010001010 10110101 111111001 11111101 11111101 11110111 01011101 0101 10011101 01100101 11101101 10110011 01110101 0011010 100001111 110111101 0111 1000011001 11011101 0101001101 11010111 01010101 01110101 00110101 11011101 10101 01010101 010010101 10110111 01011111 11010101 1010010111 100001101 111101011 10000 1011011101 11011011 10110001 1001101010 101100101 11011111 11110111 111100111 1111 10110111 11011101 011100001 10001111 101100111 11011111 110010101 1011111101 1111 01010111 01111011 11010111 01001101 011010101 11110101 01100111 10010111 1011 11010101 10111111 11011101 0111101001 11110110 10111011 00111101 0001100001 1101 11010011 11010101 11110111 11011111 11111111 11110101 101111101 111110101 1101 11110111 11101111 111101101 11111111 110010101 01010011 01011011 10110101 1101 11010011 01110111 110011101 1100101011 01111101 11110101 010010001 1001111111 111010 10110111 10010111 11001000101 11010101 11111111 11011101 10111111 11010111 1101 11011100 11110001 11010000 11011101 10011011 11010011 01010101 11010111 1111 11111101 11111101 11111111 11110011 010010111 01111111 11110111 10010000 1111 11110111 11010101 0011011010 00011111 101010101 01010101 11010001 10010101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 324
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, and, thine, one, your, in, that, thy, to, be, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words more, and, what, climb, yea, in, the, o are repeated.

    The author used the same words me, for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase me connects the lines.

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

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