This is an analysis of the poem Unrest In Autumn that begins with:

Beside my window sighs the last lone rose,
Saying, ‘Alas! farewell! Youth's all but dead.’...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdedefgfgcXcahbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010111 1001111111 1111010101 0011010101 1101010101 1001010101 1101011101 1110010111 0111110101 1011010111 11011101111 1111010101 1101110001 1001101111 0101010101 1101010101 1011010111 11011111011 1101110101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 893
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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  • summary of Unrest In Autumn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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