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

Here in the Autumn of my days
My life is mellowed in a haze....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbccaaddddaA AXaaeeddccffXAXAabbaacccceeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011 11010001 01011101 01011101 01001101 01110001 01010101 11010111 11111101 01110111 01010011 11111101 11111101 10010011 10010011 11011101 01111101 11011101 11011101 11110111 11010101 11011110 01110101 11111111 11010101 11010111 11111111 10010011 10010011 11010111 11111101 11110001 010101010 111100010 11011101 11010011 11011101 11110001 11010001 11110111 11010111 10010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 469
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, i, and are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines days is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word days at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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