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

THERE is a singing in the summer air,
The blue and brown moths flutter o’er the grass, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdbefd cXdXgeXaddhiaXdjejdiaXd kXXj Xfladkhcgmiij mXliiackkhidc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,23,4,13,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001000101 0111110101 0101010001 1101010101 1011010101 01011100101 01010111001 0111011111 0111111101 1001000101 1001111101 1101010101 0111101111 0110100101 1111110101 1111010110 01001011101 1111011111 0110011101 1111011001 0101010001 0101110101 010111100 1101001101 0111110111 1011000101 1100010101 01110100101 1101001101 0101111101 1101010101 1101010101 0111011101 0111110101 01011100100 1011100101 1111011111 1101111100 010011101010 1101010001 1001101111 10110011101 0111000101 1001010101 11010011111 11010101011 0101110001 11011101001 100101 0001 111100111 11110101010 1001110101 010010100101 0111000101 1100110111 1011000101 1101010101 1001100101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • 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.

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