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

It is a place whither I've often gone
For peace, and found it, secret, hushed, and cool,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdddefgacfehgefdihXjkedbjddeXddjkXiefhkeeXaelkebeeecekhlcXXeeacXke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 69,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0001101101 1111010111 01000101001 100100111011 10100110001 1001010011 10011111101 11010010101 10011000101 0101100100 1001011101 1011010101 1110101001 1011010101 1111111101 01011111010 1001111111 1111011111 11010010100 0101000011 0101010101 0111010111 0111010001 1011111101 1101110111 1101111101 1001010011 111 1010111111 1111011101 0111010111 1111010111 0111000111 1100011111 1011110101 10001011111 1010010 101 10010010111 1001110101 10011110101 1111010001 01010001001 1111010011 1101110111 11011100010 010111011 101101 0101 1100011101 0101010101 1111010001 11000110111 1111011111 11101101001 1111000101 1110010100 1001010101 1111010101 1011011101 0011100101 0101010100 1101010101 010001101 1111011101 1001010111 100100100 0110010100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2921
  • Average number of words per stanza: 509
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, you, not, with are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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