This is an analysis of the poem In November that begins with:

With autumn and the flaring leaves our love must end-—
Ere flauntful spring shall mock thy tears and my despair...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cbXc XccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010101011111 1100111111101 010111110111 110101010101 010111000101 011111110101 01010100101010 1111010110011 110101010100 111101101101 111101010001 110110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of In November;
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  • history of its creation;
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