This is an analysis of the poem The Fallen Leaves that begins with:

I.
WE stand among the fallen leaves, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babacaaadXdcX BdedXbfbacacX BgcXfebehibiX BahaXeXeghbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,13,13,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010101 110111 11010101 110111 11001101 010111 11011111 110101 01011101 110111 11110111 001011 1 11010101 0101001 11110101 110101 11010101 010101 101010111 110101 110010111 100111 11011111 10101101 1 11010101 010101 11110101 0111010 11111101 1100111 11111101 111101 11010101 010111 11111101 110111 1 11010101 011101 11010101 011101 11111101 111101 11011111 011111 11110111 010101 11010101 001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Fallen Leaves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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