This is an analysis of the poem Fading that begins with:

All in the beautiful Autumn weather
One thought lingers with me and stays; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcac aaaadede dedefgfg dcdcfhfh ijijaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001010 11100111 1110110010 111110101 11101001010 1110101101 0111001110 111100101 1101010010 01101110110 11001001010 0101001010 1101001010 11100111101 11111111110 101011111 0101011010 010101111 11101001110 010100111 1101001110 110100111 1101011110 0100101101 1011101010 0100101101 111001010 110101111 01101101010 1100100101 00111101110 101011101 11010111111 101110111 111111011 10111101 1101111010 1111110111 1110101110 111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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