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

BUT wait. Let each by each the days pass by,
One faded and one blown like summer flowers;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbc adadeede fbfbggbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110111 11011111010 1101010001 1001011101 0101010011101 01001111110 1101010111 1111010101 11001000111 1111010111 1111001101 0110101 111111 11011111001 1111110101 1101110111 1101010111 10101010101 1111000111 111101 110001 0101010101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; day, and, of are repeated.

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

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

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