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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