This is an analysis of the poem Leaves that begins with:
A frail and tenuous mist lingers on baffled and intricate branches;
Little gilt leaves are still, for quietness holds every bough;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaaX bbXacXc aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 011100110110110010 101111110011001 1001011001001001 1001000011011010 110101100101 10110010111001 0100011001010 1111011001000 11011011110 1001010101 1001111101100100000 10111011 101011 10010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
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- summary of Leaves;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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