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

Apples on the table an' the grate-fire blazin' high,
Oh, I'm sure the whole world hasn't any happier man than I;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccddee ffbXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010110101 1010111010100111 01010101010111 11011101010101 111110101110101 101010101010101 01110111110111 011110101011111 101010101010101 101010101010101 111110101111111 11110101011111 01111101110011 101011101010101 101110101111110 101111101011110 111010100111101 101001101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', to, o' are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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