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

The yellow poplar leaves have strown
Thy quiet mound, thou slumberest ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaBB bbbXX cacAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01010111 11011100 11010001 1111 1111 11111111 011101011 11011101 1101 110101 01110001 01010111 01010101 111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; needest is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rest, nought, on are repeated).

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

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