This is an analysis of the poem Thanksgiving Time that begins with:

When the night winds whistle through the trees and blow the crisp brown leaves a-crackling down,
When the autumn moon is big and yellow-orange and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaB cccB dddB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011101011101110101 10101011101011 11110100101 01101 10101110111011100110101 101011101011101 101110101010111 01101 10101010111101 101011101010111 111011101011101 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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