This is an analysis of the poem When Summer Comes that begins with:

When summer comes, then you are near to me,
I feel your phantom presence on my heart,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdcXedeXada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 1111010111 01001011101 110010110101 1101110101 0100111111 0101111111 1101110101 11110101010 1111001111 1111010111 1101111111 1101111100 10110010101 1110100111 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 714
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; i, you, me are repeated.

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  • summary of When Summer Comes;
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