This is an analysis of the poem November Sunshine that begins with:

One figure flitting through my dreamland ways
Holds out dear hands and beckons me to go,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaba cdcddcdc acXccaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011111 1111110101 1101010101 1101010111 1101010001 1101011101 0101010101 10001111101 0101011101 01100010101 1001011101 01010101001 0101010101 1001011111 0101011111 0111111101 111100000 01100010111 1001011100 1001010111 1111000111 0101010101 0111010101 0101100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of November Sunshine;
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