This is an analysis of the poem Leaves that begins with:
On the dry brown bough
The withered leaves still cling...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdXdedebdeX fggggcdXfheh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 010111 0111001 110100 110101 010101 1111001 111110 110101 010111 110101 011101 110101 110011 010111 011101 111111 0101010 110101 0101010 110101 110101 111101 111110 110111 100101 101111 010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Leaves;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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