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

The quiet August noon has come,
A slumberous silence fills the sky,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec fgfg hehe bibi hehe bcbc ceXe hfhf hehe ifif XjXj klkl gXgi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010111 010010101 01110111 01010101 11111111 011101001 01010101 01010111 110111010 01011111 101111010 11111101 10011101 11010101 010011001 010010101 11011111 01110101 100101101 01000101 01101001 01010111 01011101 10110101 01010101 01011101 01010101 11010101 11011111 01010011 11010101 01111101 11010101 01100101 011101100 11110111 11110101 11110101 11010111 01001111 110101001 11010101 101100111 01110101 01011101 11011101 11011101 110000101 110101100 10111101 10110111 11010101 11010111 10010101 11110101 001000101 10110101 100101110 10011101 101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; away is repeated.

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

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

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