This is an analysis of the poem In November (1) that begins with:

The leafless forests slowly yield
To the thick-driving snow. A little while... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadeffed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01010101 0011010101 1111010101 0101111101 1011010101 1101110101 1011010101 10110101001 1101010101 1101111101 0111011111 0101010101 1101110011 1101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 683
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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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