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

The dawn is a warp of fever,
The eve is a woof of fire;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc Xded edeX XdXd aXafXefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010 01001010 101001010 1001010 01110010 1010111 101001110 10100111 01001110 0100111 00101110 0110111 011010010 0100101 010011010 0110101 111001010 1110111 111010100 10101101 1110010010 1110111 1111011010 0110100 111001010 11001101 0111010 0110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, on are repeated.

    The author used the same words it's, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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