This is an analysis of the poem From: An Evening Revery that begins with:

FROM AN UNFINISHED POEM
The summer day is closed--the sun is set:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abacXddeabbfdcabbdXgbabaaXacdhbidadbaj fddbhdgXajXekddbfikjdbbXacbdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,38,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010 0101010101 11111101110 0100111101 0011011001 11011110011 1101011001 10001010111 11011100101 0101101101 1101011001 1101010101 1111110101 1100111101 0101110101 1101110001 101110010111 0111000101 01010011001 1011010111 1101010101 0101010101 0011010101 1111011101 1101010011 1100110101 0111010111 1110110111 0100010111 1101010111 1100111111 0101010101 1111010101 10110111111 01010010111 1111011111 10101010001 0011010101 1101000111 1111000101 1111011111 11010001001 0011110101 0111011101 1101010111 11110110001 01000101010 1111110111 11001010101 110000110111 1101110111 01010111001 01111100101 1111101101 1101111100 1101100101 0001011011 1101000101 10111110011 0101110111 00110010101 1111101101 1011011111 0101011011 1010110111 00010010101 10110001010 11010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1009
  • Average number of words per stanza: 185
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; in, of, and, by, hath, it, those, or are repeated.

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

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