This is an analysis of the poem Autumn At The Orchard that begins with:
The sumac's flaming scarlet on the edges o' the lake,
An' the pear trees are invitin' everyone t' come an' shake....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXddeefgXX ggXXffXX hhddeeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101010101 101111001011111 101010101100101 101111111010101 1010111011001001 101110101010101 1110101010101110 110001001111110 01010100010101 101011101111101 111001101010101 111010101011101 01010100011101 1111101111101 011110110000101110 110001001111110 01010101110101 110010100110111 101011101010101 101110111110101 101111101111011 101000101001101 1010101000111110 110001001111110 01011101110101 001010101010101 111010101010101 110011101011101 101011101111100 1011111010101010 1111101011111110 010111001101110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 680
- Average number of words per stanza: 122
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, an', that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' 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.
The poet repeated the same word pickin' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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