This is an analysis of the poem Autumn Song that begins with:

Autumn clouds are flying, flying
O'er the waste of blue;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac acacacac ababadad eXXeafaf ghghgaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 100101 101011010 11101 100111010 10101 10111010 10101 100111010 11101 10111010 00101 10101110 10111 111001110 11101 10101010 10101 11111010 00111 11101010 10101 11101010 10101 10111010 10101 10110100 10101 101011010 001001 10111110 11101 11111110 10111 11101110 010101 10111110 100101 11101010 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Autumn Song;
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  • history of its creation;
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