This is an analysis of the poem An Autumnal Extravaganza that begins with:

With a sweeter voice than birds
Dare to twitter in their sleep,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXdcd eeffghhgiijejeghhaagXjfjffffihiheeaakkll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010111 1010011 1110101 1110101 0010101 1010101 11101010 1010101 00111001 1011101 1110101 1111111 0010101 1010100 1111101 0110111 1010101 1000111 1111101 1010011 1110111 1111101 0111111 1011111 1110101 1000101 1000101 1110101 0011011 1110111 1010100 1010101 0011011 00101001 0110111 10010001 1110101 0010011 1110101 1110111 0110011 1010101 1110101 1110101 1011101 0010011 1010101 1010001 1010011 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 733
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; me is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of An Autumnal Extravaganza;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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