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

The slender snail clings to the leaf,
Gray on its silvered underside;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabX cdccdd Xcbbcc efeeff Xghhgg ibiibb bjbbjj kjkkjj flffll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011001 110100101 1101010101 111100110001 011101 110110 01010001 11000101 1111010101 0101110101 011111 0100111 0111010010 01011111 0101011111 0111110101 010111 010101 01011101 11010111 1001100101 1100010101 010101 110101 100111001 11010101 1101011111 0101010111 100111 011111 11010101 11011111 1101011101 1100010101 11001001 100101 11110101 110111001 0101111101 10111110111 101101 000101 01011101 10010101 1001011111 1100010111 010101 010101 11011011 10111101 0101010101 1001010101 110111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

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