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

Now swarthy Summer, by rude health embrowned,
Precedence takes of rosy fingered Spring;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: Xababac dXdefef bgbgXgf fdfdcdc hdhdcdc XfbfXfi ffffjfj kfkfjfj lblbebe mbmbfbf fXffcfc cfcfifi nbnbebe fXffafa oioifif Xcgcfcf hjhjaja jjjjaja bcbcfXf bfbfjfj fcXcfcf jbjbaba didicic ffffjfj bbbbcbc ffXXcfc jjjjbjbXfffffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111100 10010101001 110101101011 011101 11010100101 110101 110101 1011010101 111100101010 11011101001 110101 1101100111 101101 111101 1011011111 1101010101 1101111101 100101 10111111100 010111 110011 1101010101 0101010101 1111110101 111101 0011111101 111111 010101 0111101101 1111001101 111101001011 111101 1101011101 010111 010101 0101110110 1110011101 1101010101 110001 01110101100 010111 110101 1011010101 1001010101 1001010101 110101 0101010101 110101 011100 1100011101 1111111111 1111010101 110111 1001011101 101101 1110001 1111110111 1111010101 0101010101 110101 1111010111 101101 110101 1111111101 1101011101 1101110111 111101 1101001111 111101 010101 0111110101 1101110110 1101011101 1011001 1101010101 110101 110101 11011001101 01010111010 01100010101 0111010 1101010001 0101010 111001 11110110101 1101010101 0110110101 110101 1100011101 101101 110101 1101010101 110110100001 0101110101 100101 1111011111 111011 010101 1111010111 0101010101 01110100101 011101 0101100101 010101 111001 01110010101 0101100101 0101110001 110001 1001011101 010101 110101 1101111101 1001100101 1101111101 010101 0111110101 010101 100101 11001110101 0101010101 11110100101 0101001 1010010111 010101 11101 1101111111 1101110101 1011010101 10011001 1101111111 101110 1101001 11010101001 1001000101 1111111101 110101 1001000111 11001001 110101 11011000101 1111010001 11010111100 110111 01110101010 110110 110010010 1101010111 100101111 1101010101 110101 11001010011 111101 110101 0101010101 0111000101 10111100101 0100101 1011010101 110001 010101 1101000101 1101010111 110111001 1001101 1101110101 100101 110101 1101010101 01010101001 0101010101 110101 0111001101 110101 1100101 1101010101 1001100101001 0111110101 110110 010111101 110101 0100101 1101011101 0100110101 11011100101 111101 1111110101 110111 011001 1101010101 01001110101 1101010101 111001 10101011101 110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 196
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or, to, and, his are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, there, or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by John Clare