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

When nuts behind the hazel-leaf
Are brown as the squirrel that hunts them free, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101 1110101101 1011100111 101110101001 1010111001 11001001101 10101110111 101010001 1100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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