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

Now's the time when children's noses
All become as red as roses... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccddXX eeffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 10111110 10100110 11101010 1010101 1010001 10101010 10101110 10110010 11111010 11111110 10101010 11111110 10011010 00101110 10101010 11111010 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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