This is an analysis of the poem Summer Dreams that begins with:
Drowsy old summer, with nothing to do,
I'd like to be drowsin' an' dreamin' with you;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb aaddccee ffbbaacc eeggaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011001001 11001011001 11011001001 11001101111 11001011011 11001001011 11111001001 1110011010001 1011011111 101101011011 111001101011 01101011001 01101001101 11001011011 11111011101 11110101001 1011011001 11111111111 11011001011 1010011010001 111001001111 11111011111 11011110011 011001111101 1011011111 101111111101 11011001101 01010101111 111111011111 101011011011 111101011111 01111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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; to, and, with, an', of, i, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'd, the are repeated.
The author used the same word drowsy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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