This is an analysis of the poem The Last Eve Of Summer that begins with:

Summer's last sun nigh unto setting shines
Through yon columnar pines,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eedd bbdX eeff gghh Xhdd aabbXeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110101 111001 11010011001 010111 1001110110 100111 1011110111 111101 1101110111 110001 1100010011 111001 1101110101 111001 0101010101 110111 1101111001 010110 1111010001 1100101 101100101001 010101 1110011111 011101 1111110110 010100 1001011101 0110011 0101110101 010101 1101010011 010101 1101010110 111101 1101000101 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; be is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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