This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet On The Approach Of Autumn that begins with:

FAREWEL gay Summer! now the changing wind
That Autumn brings commands thee to retreat;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcac dedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011010101 1101011001 0101011101 1011010111 1101011100 1100100101011 1111010101 11010111001 1101010101 11001010111 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 10010011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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