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

Last night the heavy moaning wind
Bore unto me... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab b cbc bd bd ede d efef gbgb X hdh ib ib cic i jbjb ieXe d gdg ii ii bbb b fkfk gdgd b dbX ab ab aia i eheh eiei g cgc db db flf lXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1101 10011101 1110 01110111 1111 11010101 1111 11010111 1111 11010111 1001 10011111 1101 01001101 0101 1110011 0101 11011110 1101 11011101 1111 11010101 0101 11010101 1111 11111111 1111 11110111 1101 11010101 1101 11010101 1111 11010111 1111 11111100 0101 11011010 1101 01011101 0100 11110111 01001 11100101 0111 11111001 0101 01111101 0011 100100111 1101 11111011 1111 11111101 1001 11110111 1101 01011101 1111 11111101 1111 11010111 1101 11011111 1101 11111101 111111 11011111 0100 11111111 1101 11100111 1001 11011111 1101 11110111 1111 11011101 1101 11110100 1101 11011101 1101 11111101 0101 11011101 1001 01011101 1001 01011101 1101 01110111 1111 11111111 1111 11011111 1101 11111111 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 40
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 119
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words winter, i, and, one are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, that, to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Summer Dying;
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