This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The Summer Days that begins with:

I.
A glory on the chamber wall!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede Xfef cccX X fgfg afaf ahah igig X jaja efef akak afaf X lele emem neneXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010101 010001 01010101 111111 1110101 111111 01111100 010101 1101010010 010101 11111111 111101 11100101 11101 11110101 010011 1 01011101 1100101 01110001 010101 11110101 1111001 10011111 010101 01111101 1001001 01111101 1101001 11011111 011101 11001101 010111 1 011001101 010101 010011001 110101 11000101 1100001 01010101 110111 01010101 100101 11100111 010101 11111101 110111 11010101 101111 1 01010101 110101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 01011111 110101 01010101 111111 01010101 100101 01010101 1100101 10110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, forgets, the, no are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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