This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The Autumn Days that begins with:

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We bore him through the golden land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc aaaa cdcd aeae X eded bbbb caca fgfg X ghgh cici jiji bfbf X cgcg bhbh eiei klkl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110101 110101 01111101 1110101 11010100 011101 01110101 010101 01110111 010101 10010111 110101 11110101 110101 100101001 110101 1 11010111 010011 11110111 110101 0111101 111111 11010101 111111 11010101 011111 11010001 111111 01010101 011101 01010101 010101 1 11010101 110101 11010011 110101 11110101 011111 11111111 110101 01111101 110101 01010101 010001 11111101 110101 11110101 110111 1 101101010 010111 010101010 110111 01010110 0100101 010010101 110101 11010111 0101001 01010001 110101 11110101 111101 11001101 1100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words without, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Songs Of The Autumn Days;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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