This is an analysis of the poem Finis that begins with:
An idle rhyme of the summer time,
Sweet, and solemn, and tender; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX baba XcXc Xdad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100101 1110110 100100111 1001010 101101001 1010010 01001101001 01001010 010100101 1001010 010100111 10101010 01110111 1101110 01110101010 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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