This is an analysis of Summer by James Thomson.

Now swarms the village o'er the jovial mead:
The rustic youth, brown with meridian toil,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcabXcabXaXbaaabXX
  • Stanza lengths: 19,
  • Metre: 110101001001 01011001001 1011110101 1101010101 1101010111 01010101001 10101011101 1011100101 100001010101 1101011001 0101110101 1101010001 1110010101 1111010101 1101010101 0101110101 0101110101 1001100101 0101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 19