This is an analysis of the poem A Wraith Of Summertime that begins with:
In its color, shade and shine,
'T was a summer warm as wine,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbb XXcccc dddccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010111 11010111 011010100010111 1010101 0110101 101010111111101 1010111 100101000 10101011110001 1010111 1010101 111110101110101 1010111 1010111 101110101010101 1111101 1010101 101010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word 'twas at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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