This is an analysis of the poem Leaves From Australian Forests (12 Sonnets) that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdcddccdeffeef Xg hihiihhiXjkjjk XX flfXlfflbhbhbh Xg mfmffmmfndnndn al cocooccalalaal pbffbfbfbhchcch Xl aqqaeearhhqqff Xc oaoapopaappaap Xe ererahhehelffl hc caadccddcafhhf ab pppppcdcdcffff XdXmffmamaajjfppf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,14,2,14,2,14,2,14,2,14,15,2,14,2,14,2,14,2,14,2,14,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 01001 1111010101 01010100101 01101010111 1111010111 11110100101 1101010101 11011101011 1101110101 0111011111 0101010101 0100011101 10110111101 0101011101 1100010101 1 10 01010001011 1101110111 01001110101 1111010101 1001110111 0111010101 1111110101 01011111001 11001111101 1111010101 1111010001 1111010111 110100100101 1111110101 1 1010 11111101001 0011111101 01111111001 0101110110 1111110111 1001111101 1111100101 0100010101 11001110101 1101001101 01001111111 01010001001 10010001001 0100011111 1 010 1101010111 11110001010 01001110101 01111101010 111111010010 1101110101 1101010101 11010001001 0101010101 1101010111 1111010101 0111110101 1101011101 1101000101 1 001 0101110101 11110011001 0101110101 1101010111 0111010101 1111010111 0111101111 0101110101 0100110101 1101011101 11010101001 0101110101 0101010101 1101010101 10 0100010011 0111011101 010010001001 0101001101 0111001100 11010100101 0101011101 0101110011 1111011101 0101000111 1101100101 11100100111 1111000101 0101010001 1 0100110 1101001101 0111010101 1101011101 0101110101 0101111101 11110100001 0111010101 1101001100 0101110101 0111010100 11011101001 0101000101 0101111111 0101011001 1 01010 1101100001 0101011111 0101010101 0101011111 01101010101 1111110101 0101000101 101011101 1101010101 011011101001 01001100111 1101010101 0111011101 1101010101 1 10110 1101010101 0111110100 1111010101 1101110100 0111111111 1101010101 0111010101 0101011111 0101110001 1101010111 0111010101 0101010101 0101100101 0101010101 1 1 0111111101 1111011101 11001011101 0101111101 0110010101 1111110101 1101010001 1101011111 1101110101 1101110101 1101111101 0111111101 1111010011 1100010101 1 1010 1101111101 0111011101 1101010111 1101010101 1101110101 0101010101 110011111011 1111011101 0101010101 1111010101 11011101010 1111010101 0101010101 11110101010 1 10100 01001000101 1101101101 1111010101 1111010101 01011100101 110010101001 0101010101 1111110111 110110101001 1101110101 1101010101 0101111111 0101111111 01001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 196
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, some, i, of, he, his, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, by, what, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rest is repeated).

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