This is an analysis of the poem Autumn In The Garden that begins with:

When the frosty kiss of Autumn in the dark
Makes its mark... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd Xeeeffbb gghhiicc bbffjjkkXffeejjii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010001 101 10101010101 10101 11101010101 101 00100010111 10001 10101010111 101 10001010101 10111 00101111101 111 1011101010010 101010 10101011101 101 10100010101 00101 11101011111 001 10101010001 10101 10111010101 111 10101111001 11101 10111010111 111 11111010111 10011 11101110101 111 001010100101 00101 1110100010101 101 11101010111 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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