November by John Keble: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem November that begins with:

Red o’er the forest peers the setting sun;
The line of yellow light dies fast away... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fdfd bdbdXacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101011101 1101011111 1101010101 10101010101 11010101001 1101110111 1001011101 1101011101 11110011101 1111010001 0111011111 1111110111 01011010101 01110001001 1101010101 11010101001 0101010101 1100010101 11100101001 1100011101 11011110001 0111110111 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; they, and, in, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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