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

My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read,
'Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at large ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc bcbc cdcd ebeb afaX cgcg fhfh abab ibib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111101 11001111111 1001110101 1011011101 1010111101 1111010101 1101111011 1111010101 1111010111 1111011111 0101010101 0101010101 1101110101 0111010101 1101100101 10001110101 11100111010 1111000101 11110101010 1111010101 0101111111 1101011111 0101010111 1100110011 1101011110 1101010111 0101110111 1001100101 1111011101 1111110101 1101010101 1101001101 1101110101 11010101001 01010011001 1011010101 1101010101 11100110111 1101110111 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Summer Rain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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