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

Lyric night of the lingering Indian summer,
Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc dbea bdbb ecXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010010010 1001111011010 1001101001011 10010 0100111110010 0100101010010 10011011110 10010 1101011001011 1001111110010 11010110100011 11110 101110111010 11111111010 111111001110 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, and are repeated.

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

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