This is an analysis of the poem In September that begins with:

The winds are in the wood again to-day,
Not moaning as they moan among bare boughs...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX baba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110010101 1101110111 0101110111 11001100101 11010100101 1001011101 1011111101 10011000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; in is repeated.

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