This is an analysis of the poem The Hawkbit that begins with:

How sweetly on the autumn scene,
When haws are red amid the green,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11110101 01010101 0100001001 11111111 11010101 110011101 01011101 010100010 011001010 10010101 110101001 0100111 01100111 01110111 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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