This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Autumn that begins with:

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdcbX dedefgcfggc hihiajcajjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110100 1101000101 0100110111 0101110111 01010010101 11110100001 0101110101 0011001101 1111010101 0111110101 11011011101 1111110111 0101010111 11010101001 11110101101 1101110101 10001010111 1011110110 1011010111 1011010101 1101010101 110011010110 11010011111 1100111101 111101101 1101010101 10010100111 0101010101 1101011111 1111110101 1101110101 0101000101 11001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 532
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; to, with are repeated.

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