This is an analysis of the poem Falltime that begins with:
GOLD of a ripe oat straw, gold of a southwest moon,
Canada thistle blue and flimmering larkspur blue,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100111100111 1001011100111 01010000101011 1011100110101 1111101110111 101100101010100110 1011100101011011011001010011001101 011010111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; birds, on are repeated.
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