This is an analysis of the poem A Dream Of Summer that begins with:

Bland as the morning breath of June
The southwest breezes play;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd XefebbXX gXgdhihi bjbjfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 011101 11010101 111101 011010001 110101 01010111 010111 010111100 011101 01100111 010001 111101001 111101 11010100 010101 10110001 110111 1000100101 010101 01011111 0101010 11010101 1101010 01010001 0100001 11001101 010101 01010111 1100101 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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  • summary of A Dream Of Summer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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