This is an analysis of the poem Hesperian Fall that begins with:

The season brings but little gold,
And only rusty gules and sanguines dull...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcddeXdfcdgXfffahfh XfadfhfiXbXddXijdeklcica maXblXdcdcXdbdlmeeflcXiafcjf aXfgcXibdjhbhadfjXidke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,24,28,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 110101011001 01110101010 1011101 1111000101 110100111 1001010011 010111010 10111110101 1011110100001 1011000101 011101 11011101011 110111 0101010 010111001 1001011101 0101010010101 01011101101 1101001111 1100101 1001011011 01100011001 110101 110001 1110010101 1101011001 110101 111101 1100101 1101010100 0101010110 110111111 0101010101 001001000101 110101 1101110101 110011 1101010101 11110100101 0101110111 1101010111 00101101 1101010101 010101 11010100 110101 111001 0111010100 11011110001 1001011000 110111 0111011111 110101 11010110101 110100 111111 110111 1101110101 0111001101 1101110101 10011111 1111001101 110111 1111010011 1101000111 10011100 1111011111 1111110101 110101 1101010001 1111 01011010101 011001 1101110101 011111 100101 01010010101 1101011100 100111 1111110001 1111011111 1101 1111010011 1111 1101010111 1101110011 11010010001 111100101 010101 1101011100 11110110001 11010101 1001001111 0110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 874
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Hesperian Fall;
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