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

Now, by the cool, declining year condescend,
Descend the copious exhalations, check'd,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXccXaXXdcXdXXXXaabXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101101 01010010001 1101010111 11010010101 1101010101 1101010001 1101010101 0101010101 0101001001 0101000101 1111010101 01110010101 1001011101 1011010101 1001010101 1111011001 11010100101 1101000111 1101010101 100111001001 0101010111 10101010101 0101010101 010100111001 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1082
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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