This is an analysis of the poem Autumn that begins with:

The leaves are falling one by one,
The Summer days are past and gone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbdd eeaffagg hhiffiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 01011111 011111 01010101 11111101 110101 010101001 11011101 01011111 11010101 011101 01110101 101010101 100101 11010111 01011101 01010101 01010101 010101 01010101 01110111 110101 01110101 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Autumn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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