This is an analysis of the poem Dead Leaves that begins with:

DAWN
As though a gipsy maiden with dim look,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbbccbababab b dddddXddefefef f feeffeefghghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 1101010011 1101011001 1100110111 0111011001 0111000101 01001011101 1101010101 1101010101 0101111101 1001110101 0101001101 0111010101 0101110111 1101010101 1 0101010101 1001111101 0001010101 1101111111 0111010001 1101011101 1101010101 0011111101 0101000111 1100011101 1101011101 01001011101 0101011101 0101000101 1 1001011100 1001010001 010010101 1100010101 0100010101 0110011101 0111010101 0101010101 1101011111 1100010111 1101010101 1101000101 0101110101 0101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Dead Leaves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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