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

O thou who passest thro' our valleys in
Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXd edXafXe cXXfab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011100 1111110101 11011101110 1101110111 0111111110 01110111001 0111011111 1111010101 1100101001101 1110110101 1101010111 11001110001 1101010001 11111101010 1111010101 1101000101 1111110001 11011101110 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; thy, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, nor are repeated.

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