This is an analysis of the poem George Edmunds' Song that begins with:
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around he here;
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbcAX ddeeeeAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101110111 101101111111 11010101 110101 11110101 110111 101101110111 101101111111 101101110101 101101110101 01111111 110101 011100101 010111 101101110111 101101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; autumn, how, leaves are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words autumn, how are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word drear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of George Edmunds' Song;
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