This is an analysis of the poem Tell Summer That I Died that begins with:
When he was old and thin
And knew not night or day... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaacbC cbbcccXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111111 111101 10001001 110001 1110111 110101 110111 110101 10011 110111 110111 110101 1100101 001001 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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