This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written Under The Conviction That It Is Not Wise To Read Mathematics In November After One’s Fire Is Out that begins with:

In the sad November time,
When the leaf has left the lime, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddefXfe fffeggge dddhiiih iiiggggg jjjhkkkh dddekkkX llleddde iiiidddX dddmkkkm iiiddddd iiimdddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101 1011101 1010111 1001010 1010111 1010101 10010101 1001110 1010101 1010101 1010100 1001010 1010101 101101100 1010111 1001010 1110101 0110111 1010001 1001110 10101001 1010101 1110101 1001110 1010101 1011101 11010101 1001010 1110101 1010101 1111101 1011010 10011101 1010101 1011001 0001010 1010111 1000101 1000101 1001010 1010101 1010111 0010101 1011110 1011111 1011101 1011101 1011110 0111011 101101 1010101 1001110 1000110101 10011101 1001101 10011000 11000101 1010101 1111111 1011010 1010101 1110101 1010101 0001010 10111101 1010101 1110001 1001010 1000001 1011101 1110101 10010000 1010101 1110101 1010101 1001010 1110111 10011101 10010101 1001110 11110101 1111101 101111 1101010 111101 100111 1101101 1011010 10110101 1111101 00100100 1001010 11010101 1010101 1111101 10111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; to, by, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word learned is repeated.

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