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

Summer in England, winter in my heart:
So England, England, all I love thou art,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001010011 1101011111 1111110101 1001010111 11110111001 110010011101 1001010101 11111000101 100100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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