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

The frog half fearful jumps across the path,
And little mouse that leaves its hole at eve... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0111010101 1101110111 1001010101 1101011101 1111010111 1110010111 0111001101 1001011101 1001011001 0100010011 0101100101 1101111101 1101011101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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

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