This is an analysis of the poem Hendecasyllabics that begins with:

In the month of the long decline of roses
I, beholding the summer dead before me, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXabaaaXXabXbcXXddacadabXXaXXaXXccaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100101010 10100101011 11100111010 10100101011 11110101010 10100110011 11110001010 10100101010 10000101010 10100101010 10100101111 111001110010 10100101011 11100101010 10110101111 11100111010 11100111011 10100101000 10100101010 10110101010 10100101010 10100101010 10101101010 11100101010 11100101010 10100101011 10110101010 11101111010 11101101010 11110101010 10100101110 11110101010 10100111010 10101001010 11100111110 10100101010 11101111010 10100101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1719
  • Average number of words per stanza: 306
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, as, all, light are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words winds, all are repeated.

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