This is an analysis of the poem In A Copy Of Browning that begins with:

BROWNING, old fellow,
Your leaves grow yellow,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabccXb dddecXXe fffghhhX hhhijjji XdXkgggh dddbhhhb dddbjXjb XXiiiiXi jjjlXXXl aaamhhhm XXXcjXjc bbbXccXX cccjhhhj ccccgggc bXigdddg iiXkhXhk eeeXeeeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 11110 010010 1101 110010 11110 11110 01101 00011 110011 111011 1111 11110 011100 101100 1111 10011 11111 10011 01011 11010 111010 11010 1101 01110 11110 010010 11011 11010 11110 11110 0111 11110 01110 11010 1101 01110 11010 11110 01010 110011 110011 11111 0101 11010 11010 11110 1001 11010 11010 11010 0100 11010 01100 11010 1101 11110 11010 01110 0111 11110 11010 11010 1111 11110 11010 11010 1101 11010 11010 01010 01001 11010 10010 11110 1101 11010 11010 11010 0101 11010 11010 11010 0111 01010 01100 11010 1101 11010 01011 01010 0101 11010 01110 110100 0100 11110 01010 11010 1101 11010 01010 10010 1001 11010 11010 00110 1001 11110 11010 01010 1101 11011 01000 11010 0111 11010 01110 11010 0111 11010 11110 11010 0111 11110 11010 11010 0101 11111 11111 11111 1010 11111 11011 10111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stain, you are repeated).

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