This is an analysis of the poem Old And New: A Parable that begins with:
See how the autumn leaves float by decaying,
Down the wild swirls of the rain-swollen stream.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XbXb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111010 1011001101 110101101101 1011011101 110011011010 1001011011 111111111101 1101111101 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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