This is an analysis of the poem Injun Summah that begins with:

1 De Injun summah's comin',
2 De bees is all froo hummin',... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXXb XXXaXXXa XXXXaXXX XXXcdXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 10101110 10101010 1111101 10110010 10101100 11101100 1110111 10101010 10100110 11101010 1111101 10101110 11101010 11111100 11011101 11101010 11101010 11111010 1110101 10111110 11101010 11111010 1110101 10101010 11101110 110010010 1111101 110101010 110101110 110101010 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; de is repeated.

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