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

Have you seen a gentle maiden
Flitting down your forest aisles, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdbd Xebeefgf hbXXbhigi ggggcjaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 10111010 00101010 10111001 00101010 1011101 10101010 1010101 11101010 10010101 11101010 0011111 11101010 1000101 101001010 1011101 11101010 11111010 1 11101110 0010001 111110010 10111101 01101011 1010101 11101010 1011111 10101010 0010101 11101010 1110101 10101010 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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