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

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Thou sit'st among the sunny silences... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbcbcbXc X dddebebXe X fffgfgffg X hhhcicici aXiiiihihih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1101010100 0101111100 1100011100 11000111001 111101 0101010111 1001110111 0110000 0101111 1 11111011001 0101110101 0101010111 01111101010 1001001 01011011010 11010100011 0101000 1011010 1 01001000101 10110100100 1001010100 0100110101 100100 01000100111 01001100100 011001 010111 1 111111010 0101001111 0011101111 1111111101 010111 1111110111 1100011101 110100 011101 1 11011101001 0101010001 11011101001 1111010111 111111 1101010101 1111010111 010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; all is repeated.

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

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