This is an analysis of the poem In Wine Country that begins with:

The sun paints courtyard and walls with autumn,
The fruit stacked in heaps all around,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a b c c a c c a d d c b a a X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111010 01101101 01011010 01111101 101010101 1010101 100111010 1011011 01010101 111100001 1011001 0101011 110001010 1101010 01011101 00100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 35
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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