This is an analysis of the poem Further In Summer Than The Birds that begins with:

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Further in Summer than the Birds... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbb cbab cdXXXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10010101 010001 01010101 010101 110001 110001 01010001 010100 100111 110101 0101010 010101 011111 110101 1010100 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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