This is an analysis of the poem Summer's Passing that begins with:
A SINGLE branch of flaming red,
A branch of tawny yellow... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccb deXeaae XeXedde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 0101010 110010100 0100010 11011101 01011001 1111010 11010101 0101010 10111001 0111010 010010111 10110111 0101010 10010101 1101010 110100100 0100010 01011111 01000101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; branch, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
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