This is an analysis of the poem One Summer Morning that begins with:

IT is but a little while ago:
The elm-leaves have scarcely begun to drop away; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba acca aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001010101 011110100101 0101011111111 1110110101 10110111 10010101101001 1101010100101 100110101 01011001 0101101011110 1101010001101 10101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; never is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ago at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of One Summer Morning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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