This is an analysis of the poem The Autumn Lake that begins with:

O sapphire lake amid autumnal mountains,
With fire of aspens round about you burning,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbX acca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101010 010010101110 11111101010 0101110 01011101010 01010111010 01011111010 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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