This is an analysis of the poem Reverie In August that begins with:
The heat is like some drowsy drug
Laden with honey-foundered dreams. . . ....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX bXab bccX ddbd bXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 10010101 01010101 01111101 01111101 11001101 100111001 01010111 01011101 11010011 100110001 010100101 01110101 10110011 11010101 00010101 11010011 11111101 11011101 11001111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; and is repeated.
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