This is an analysis of the poem Summer In England, 1914 that begins with:

On London fell a clearer light;
Caressing pencils of the sun... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXc babadd ebebbb ddddff fXcXfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010001 01010001 101000111 0110001100 11011101 11011101 011100101 01010101 110111001 10010101 10110111 11011101 010110011 01110111 10010101 11010101 10011101 10100101011 11011001 11010111 10111101 1111 0110001 1111110110 010101 1111111001 11111110000 0101010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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