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

A tranquil bar
Of rosy twilight under dusk's first star.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff gg gg aaXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 0101110111 01001 01001010101 0111 0111010111 0101 100010000101 0101 1011010001 1101 01010101001 1111 0101010101 1111 0100010001 1011 0101011101 1111 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Meeting In Summer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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