This is an analysis of the poem Burning Leaves, November that begins with:

THESE are the folios of April,
All the library of spring, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 10110001 10111000 0011000 10101110 1010101 11100010 1010110 11101010 1010111 10100010 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

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  • summary of Burning Leaves, November;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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