This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of Autumn that begins with:
We built a castle in the air,
In summer weather, you and I,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbC ababdcbX adadbXdC dXbcbC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 01010111 01110011 110101001 11010111 01010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11011111 11011111 01010111 11000100 11010111 11010101 11011110 10110001 11010100 01111101 01011100 01011111 011101111 01010100 11011101 10 10110111 01111101 11010101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, the are repeated.
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- summary of Ballade Of Autumn;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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