This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of that begins with:

THE summer dawn is breaking
On Auburn's tangled bowers,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdX efefbbgX adadXbcX ababggbX hehecXiX ieieddfX jcjceeXX dbdbeedX dcdceedX hfhfccjX abajjjbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 1101010 0101010 1101010 010001 1111111 101101 00101 1101010 010111 1111010 110101 1001101 1011001 111111 00101 1111010 010111 0101010 110001 1110101 1010101 111001 00101 00101010 011101 10101010 110101 010101 1101011 1001001 00101 1100010 111111 0101110 110111 1111101 1111111 101101 00101 1101110 1100111 1111010 011111 1111110 1110111 111111 10101 1111011 010101 1111011 110111 1010101 1010101 0111001 10101 0101010 1101110 1101010 010101 010101 1010111 101101 10101 0111110 110101 11011110 111111 110111 11010101 011001 11101 1101110 010101 0101010 0101001 1011111 10101001 101001 10101 1111010 010111 11001010 010111 1010101 10011101 101101 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; of, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words '29, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Song Of;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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