This is an analysis of the poem A Summons that begins with:
THE FIRST SNOW MOUNTAIN SEEN FROM A SUNNY HILL-SIDE, NEAR ROCCA PRIORI, IN THE AUTUMN OF 1846
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabBccbbdedeffgghh ggggaaggiiggdX aaffcceeiieeciXggaabB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,14,21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110100101111010001001 11010101 111100101 11011101 111010101 01010111 010011010 10110101 01110101 10010111 110110101 11111111 01110101 010111001 01010111 11001101 11011101 11010101 100101001 11011101 110110111 01010101 10110001 101100101 110111001 1110100101 01011101 10011001 01011101 01010101 10010101 10010111 10010101 00111111 01110101 01110111 01110111 01010101 10111001 10110101 01010111 11010101 010101111 010101001 110111111 110100100 11111101 110101111 10011101 11110101 110100101 11011101 111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 54
- 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; from is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
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- summary of A Summons;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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