This is an analysis of The Summons by John Greenleaf Whittier.

MY ear is full of summer sounds,
Of summer sights my languid eye;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdccdaeaaeaXaacfffffdfddf
  • Stanza lengths: 30,
  • Metre: 11010101 01011101 01010101 11001101 10011111 11011101 01110101 01110001 11000101 01010101 01011101 01011101 01010101 01010111 01010101 01110101 11011100 01010111 11110111 11011101 10011101 11110101 110101011 11011101 01010001 11011101 010010011 01110111 11010101 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

my, to

Anaphora

the, a