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

In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbaa ccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 11110101 01010101 11010111 11010111 01110101 11011101 11011001 11011101 11010111 11111101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to, and are repeated.

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

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