This is an analysis of the poem Brooding Grief that begins with:

A yellow leaf from the darkness
Hops like a frog before me. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbacbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010010 1101011 1111111 1110010111 1001010 00111000 01101111 100101 011111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Brooding Grief;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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