This is an analysis of the poem Lines To A Withered Leaf Seen On A Poet's Table that begins with:

Poet's hand has placed thee there,
Autumn's brown and withered scroll!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca caca dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1011101 1010111 1110101 1110111 111011 1010111 1110101 1011101 1001101 1010001 1010101 10101010 1110101 10101010 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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