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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