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

Hang out your loveliest star, O Night! O Night!
Your richest rose, O Dawn!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXadad X bcbcaaefef X cbcbXXgbgb X fcfchhicic j kdkdllmmmm j cccXbbgcgc X cgXgaaamam
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011111 110111 0111001101 111101 11011001 10010101000 011111 0111 1001001 1111010101 1 1101010100 110101 1101110101 010101 10010001 1101110101 100111 0111 110101 11001001101 1 10010101011 101111 110111110011 110101 11010101 1101111101 01110101 1111 110101001 1101010101 1 1101010101 110111 1101110101 011111 1101011101 11011010101 11010101 0111 100101001 010100101001 1 1101010101 111111 1111010101 110111 11011101010 10011101110 11011001 1101 110010101 0101110101 1 1101111101 100111 1011100111 110100 1001011111 1101110111 11011100 1001 1101011 0101010011 1 1101010111 1011001 1001010111 100111 1011011101 0001011101 101101 0101 110101 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • 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; o, her, his, and, where, with, of are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Madison Julius Cawein