This is an analysis of the poem An Autumn Mood that begins with:
Pile the pyre, light the fire-there is fuel enough and to spare;
You have fire enough and to spare with your madness and gladness;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbabcdecdfaafgaceebebeeehbegihjaXbbbbabbkklbXlblfXhhiabibbmggjcjfXmbggaajbgkbgigiikikeeeegfgenbbbXnfjefXaaakokabXaoiXhhieabaXhhabbbbgggibjjjbgfebgeii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 150,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10101010101001101 1110011010110110 10110011111 1010100111101 11010101001 110101011010 110100110101 101111011011 110111111110101 1111111101 11111100111110 11110111001 111011101111 110110101010010 01111011 110100110101 00010110111101 10011011100101 01011101111 11011011100101 110111001111 1111111111 1111110111 1111010001 11010100111 0111010101 011111 111111111100 10010110100101 1 111110110101 0100110100100 1 11011011111110 101 11111111101 11101110100101 011111010111 1111 10010101001001 111111111001 1011011100111001 1110001011101001 1101001011001 11011010011001 1111001101010 1111111101 1100010101 0101100111 1111111100 1010 11011111 0011011101 1110110111 010101 01111001001 101 11101101 011110 010101 0101 0101 11010111 01000111 11 11001100 1101010 1101101101 110101 110010111 1100010101 0010111 011101 0101 1111010101 0101 101101011011 110 1101101 00101011 1110101 0101 11010100101 11101 1001101011001 001001 10101111 1011001 00101101 1011001 110101 011010 010101 10110101001001101 011010 100100111101 010111 101101001 101011010111 101010010010010010 10010010010010010 101011110101 1001 1001001010 10110110101 10100101011011 1010100100101001 11110100101 0100010111 010111 0111010101 01100011101 0101010111 110101 0111010101 0100111 100101 1011001100 110101 01010001 101001 01010011001 11001010101 0101111101 1000101 01011101 11011011 010101 1011011101 01101111 10010100101 11010111101001 110100100101 0101100101111 1011110101 0101 10110101 100101 011101110101 010111 1111111010101 001 11100110111 0100101001010 01011011111 0101100101 10111111001 010100110101 10100111001010 1
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 6046
- Average number of words per stanza: 1155
- Amount of lines: 150
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, this, i, log, leafless, on, down, but, that, oh, of, let are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, oh, with, where, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases log, where, long, fail connect the lines.
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- summary of An Autumn Mood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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