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

Spent autumn wanes; the leaf
Forsakes the vine, as from her coronal...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXba Xccd effe gbbg hddh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 10001100100 0111 0111110001 1001000 0100110101 1111 0111010101 100111 0101110101 1101 11010100101 100101 0111000101 1111 01010100101 100101 0111010100 0111 1011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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