This is an analysis of the poem Autumn Woods that begins with:

Ere, in the northern gale,
The summer tresses of the trees are gone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xccc bdbd beXe afaf cgcg hghg bbbb eiXi bcbc gege jkjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100101 0101000111 0101010111 111101 010110 0111010111 11010101011 1100101 110111 0101010101 1011000111 101101 111101 0111011111 1101010111 010101 1101001 0111110101 1110110101 010001 110101 1011110101 1101010101 010101 101101 1011010111 1101010001 101101 0100101 11001010101 1001000101 1100001 111101 10010011101 11010100100 010101 110111 0101111101 1101111101 111111 110111 1100110101 0101000111 011111 110111 11110111110 0101011101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, and 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 Autumn Woods;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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