This is an analysis of the poem Headed Towards The Summer that begins with:

Headed towards the Summer.
Headed towards the beach....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbc XXXc acXdXAcdbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 100101 1001011 1101101 101111 110001 1011010 0111001 1010101010 10110001 10101 100010001001 1001010 1010101 10101001 110100101 01100101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; headed, towards are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word headed at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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