This is an analysis of the poem The November Pansy that begins with:

This is not June,--by Autumn's stratagem
Thou hast been ambushed in the chilly air;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacac deedfdf ghhXiXi eeeefef aiiagag cffcjcj hffhchc khhklkl hmmhchXXleelili
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011110100 1101100101 0111011001 0111000101 0101 1111111101 1111011101 10010110010 0111110001 1101010001 01010100110 1101 110111011010 0101110101 1101100101 110010111010 10011010010 0101000101 01010 1101000101 01011101010 1100010101 010010101010 01100101110 1111010101 1101 1001110011 01001100101 1100010101 01000100010 100110001010 1111010001 11110 1101000101 01010101010 1101010101 1101011001 0101010101 10110001001 1001 0101010101 10110000101 1101010101 10010010010 01010101110 1101010111 0011 110011001110 1111110101 1011110101 11010101011 110110001011 1001010111 11001 01010010101 1100010001 0111000101 1111010111 0101010011 11000111 01001 1101010111 10101010100 1111101111 1101110101 10011001101 1101110101 10110 1011100101 11010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that, till are repeated.

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  • summary of The November Pansy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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