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

When summer time has come, and all
The world is in the magic thrall...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccddeeffeeeegghhffiibbffjjkkhhffllmmllkkee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 01000101 00111111 01010100 11110101 11101111 01110111 11110111 11010111 11110101 11111111 01010111 11011111 11111101 010111001 01000101 11111111 11001101 11110111 11010101 11010111 10010111 11010101 11000101 01011101 11010101 11111101 01111101 01110101 01011101 01000101 11010101 11010101 11011111 1011100011 11011111 01101111 11001101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11011101 10010000 01010111 11010111 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 307
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • 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 are repeated.

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

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  • summary of In Summer Time;
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