This is an analysis of the poem Longfellow that begins with:

Pleasant as sound of falling rain among
The summer leaves, and the sweet as after rain... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdbb efefebbeccXcXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010101 01011011101 0110101101 0101010001 1001110101 0101001101 0100110011 1011111111 1001010011 0011111101 1101010101 0101010011 1101001101 0111111101 1101111001 0101000101 0101010101 1011111001 01011100101 01001011101 1101010001 1101010101 1111110101 1101101101 1001110101 0111111011 1101111100 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; with is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Longfellow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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