This is an analysis of the poem In November (2) that begins with:

With loitering step and quiet eye,
Beneath the low November sky, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccbbbbXdaeffaadd bbgaegeahhbbaabb cciieahhddccjjdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011101 01010101 11000111 01010101 11001111 101101010 01011101 11010101 11010100 11010111 01010101 011100001 110011110 11110101 11111101 11011100 01011101 100010011 110010101 11011111 01011101 11010101 11110101 10110111 01010111 10111100 1011100 01001110 11111100 10010001 01110101 01110101 10011111 01011101 11010101 11010111 10110101 01010101 11011011 11110101 11010101 11101101 01010100 111100111 01001111 01010100 11110101 01010011 10110111 110001111 11110101 11001101 010101001 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, and, a are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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