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

Never was sun so bright before,
No matin of the lark so sweet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbX abba cbdcbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10111101 11000111 11110111 1011010010 11011101 01110101 110101001 01110101 01011101 11010111 110101001 11110011 01111111 110100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; so is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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

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