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

Oh, summer has clothed the earth
In a cloak from the loom of the sun!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cded Xbab afdf eggX agXg ccec ahfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101101 001001001 1010100111 10110101 11101001 10100111 0010110101 00100111 1100101 11111001 1010100111 00101101 1100101 1100101 1011100111 1011101 1100101 00100111 01100101111 10010010 1111001 1111001 1010111111 1011101 11001001 0100101 001011101 1100101 1110111 11110101 1111100101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, of, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with, if are repeated.

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

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

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