This is an analysis of the poem Book Fourth [summer Vacation] that begins with:

BRIGHT was the summer's noon when quickening steps
Followed each other till a dreary moor... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXeXffghXaibgihiijgeekialimgnXopfqirefieaaggefpgaiejbeaXiqjjnhigisXeigiXtaigiemigigkfimhf jgfiaegghogfiigsimaachahehuabgeXgbgrge iuiagsiseergeeXesghjiikXhnbsqhhaifitcpgijrfoieeaXfegfiiXshbb nfifugiijiseggehes affaihfgnsnsfqXalaifci gnrpbgpaagiaaXeiblpb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 92,38,60,18,22,25,84,15,108,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1991
  • Average number of words per stanza: 356
  • Amount of lines: 471
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, with, more, not, how, i, her, loved, to, his, he, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, how, her, the, whatever, of, his are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tall is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase loved connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Book Fourth [summer Vacation];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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