This is an analysis of the poem Translation From Millevoye that begins with:

Fallen from thy parent bough,
Poor wither'd leaf, where goest thou?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101 1101111 0010001 0010001 11010101 1010100 111111 010111 0100101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; from is repeated.

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

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