This is an analysis of the poem October that begins with:
Days are gettin' shorter an' the air a keener snap;
Apples now are droppin' into Mother Nature's lap;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110101010101 1011100010101 01110101010111 101111111010101 01011101011111 1110111011101110 1010101010101001 111011000010111 101010101010001 111000101110111 111111000010111 101011101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 719
- Average number of words per stanza: 133
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an' is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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