This is an analysis of the poem Feuilles D'Automne that begins with:

Gather the leaves from the forest
And blow them over the world,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX cdad XeXe aebe XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010010 1101001 0101010 0101010 10011100 011111 11111010 1101101 1111010110 110101 111110011001 001101 11100010 1011001 10010101 00100101 111010100 0010101 01011100 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Feuilles D'Automne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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