This is an analysis of the poem The Lumbermen that begins with:

WILDLY round our woodland quarters
Sad-voiced Autumn grieves;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcdededadabfbfghghijijkikiXlalaaaafafadgdgbabagigibjbjkfkfdmdmagagdldbhahaiaiadddddgdgdhXhaaaadedebebefmfmagagahahafafkikibjbjbnbnXaaadmdm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 144,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 11101 10111010 10101 10111010 10111 10110010 01101 101001110 10111 10111010 00101 100101110 10111 10101010 11111 10101010 11101 11101010 10101 10111110 00111 11101110 00101 00110011 01101 101001011 10101 10111110 011001 10101010 11101 10101000 10111 11001110 10101 11111010 11101 11101010 10101 11111010 01001 11101010 11111 101010010 00111 10101110 10101 11101010 10101 11100110 10101 10101110 00111 10111110 10101 11111010 11111 10111010 11111 10101010 11101 10111010 10101 11101010 11101 10100010 11101 11100010 00111 10101110 10011 11101010 00101 11101010 001110 10101010 11101 10111110 11101 11110011 11001 10101011 01101 10101010 11101 11101010 10101 10101110 00111 10111010 10101 11111010 11101 11101010 01111 11101110 11101 00101010 001010 01101010 00101 01101010 10111 10101010 10101 10101010 10101 101001010 10111 10111010 101001 10111010 00101 10111010 10101 10101010 10111 10111011 11101 11001010 10111 10101010 11101 01111110 11111 10111010 11011 11111010 11101 11101010 11101 10101010 10111 10100010 11101 10111100 111010 10111010 11101 11111110 10101 10101010 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 734
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and, of are repeated.

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