This is an analysis of the poem Autumn Song that begins with:
Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabbA ccAacXAabbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111101001 10110101 11010100 11110101 010101001 11011001 10010001 010101001 10111101 01110101 111101001 10111011 11111100 11110101 010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, not are repeated.
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