This is an analysis of the poem The Fruit-Gift that begins with:

Last night, just as the tints of autumn's sky
Of sunset faded from our hills and streams,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba ccdbdeeeaa fddafXccgcgcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 0111001111 11110010111 0011010101 1111010101 1101010101 11010101010 11011000101 010011100010 1100011101 1001011011 0100010101 1101010101 1011010101 1111101101 0101100101 10001110101 0011010101 1001011100 0101110100 0111110101 0101111101 1011100111 1011010001 0101010011 01010101101 11011101001 0100010101 111111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Fruit-Gift;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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