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

Lately the wind burns
the last leaves and evening ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddefbgghidXciibaXjfahbdicdXXiiabcXdXfjfdeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 011110 11100 011011 10111 01010 1101111 11101 1111110 11001110 0110111 010111 110001 100111 001111 01100100 11101 11011100 11011 111111 0011010 11011 11011 11011 1101101 1111001 001111 1101011 011101 0111 10110010 1111 101111 1101101 011110 11011 101101 0101101 01011 1001011 111101 1110111 101101 10110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 226
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, and are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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