This is an analysis of the poem At The Window that begins with:

The pine-trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters
Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cbc dad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010001011010 10110110100010010 110010101001010 1010100101101 100111001110010 011001011001001 0111001011001111 0011100100101111 111101000010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of At The Window;
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