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

SOFT voices of the woods, that make
The summer air a harmony,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacadadaX ececXfefeX gbgcgXgXgX hchbhehehX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000111 01010100 11010111 11110001 01010101 10010101 11011101 10010111 01111111 110 11110101 01010101 110010111 11010111 10110110 01111111 11111101 11111101 101100111 110 11110101 10010100 10111101 01111001 11010101 111111010 11010101 11110101 11011101 110 11110111 10011101 10111101 11110100 11010101 01001101 11110101 11010111 01010101 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; your is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nought, your are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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