This is an analysis of the poem To The Summer Night that begins with:

A sultry perfume of voluptuous June
Enchants the air still breathing of warm day;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXccdcd bebeebdXXdf aeaeeaddgdg ghghhgeXgeg ciciicddede jcjXcjjjaja bhbhhbffXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001001001 1001110011 11001011101 01100110101 01010111001 110110 01110011101 10011101001 0111010101 1111010101 10011111010001 1011000111 1100010111 10011101001 1001011111 11110010101 100101 11011000100 1101110100 1101110110 11010111101 10101000100010 101100100101 1100010111 11010001001 0111011101 10100010101 110101 1111011001 1101111001 1101101101 11010110001 1001100010101 1101111101 1001011101 0101011101 100111001001 1101010101 011111 0101010001 0110011110 0100010101 0100110101 111111001101 1111110001 01010011011 11110101011 1001110111 1001010101 011101 1111001111 0111011101 1100111101 1101100101 111011110101 11001100101 1111010101 1101100101 110010101000 11011010101 011101 100001011110 11010100010 1111110011 10011111010 110101100101 1011010101 11010011101 1100010111 1001110101 1011101100 011001 11110111010 10010101010 1110010111 101111001010 011101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of, to are repeated.

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

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

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