This is an analysis of the poem To The Autumn Wind that begins with:

O envious Autumn wind, to blow
From covert vale and woodland crest... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd eaeaabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101 01011111 01011111 101100 01010111 01010101 11110111 11011101 10111100 01101101 10111101 11011101 11110101 01000101 11111111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, with, you are repeated.

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

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