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

A FRAGMENT
Farewell the softer hours, Spring's opening blush... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXbcddXeaefXfgbXbXfbhgicXdahahib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010 110101011001 1101010101 10010001001 1101110101 11101010001 100100010101 1101111101 110101001000 1101010101 0101011110 0101010111 1011110101 11010100111 1001011111 1101011011 01110010101 10010100101 01010010101 0101010101 1101010101 00111101001 0101010101 1001011011 10100010111 0111000101 0110010101 1011101101 011100101001 1101111101 0101000101 0001110101 11010101001 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 737
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Autumn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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