This is an analysis of the poem Summer that begins with:
O Phoebus! down the western sky,
Far hence diffuse thy burning ray,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xbcb dcdc efef bcbc bebe bgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11011101 11010101 11000101 11010101 110010101 01100101 11100101 111100101 01010101 101100101 010010101 010101001 11010101 01011101 110010101 11010111 110101010 110100101 110100101 11111101 11110111 11011101 110100101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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