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

Such a beautiful day,
For an Autumn display....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcadbc dXbd dceXe ffdfb bccXcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 111001 001101 10101 101010101 11101 01011 010010001 101101 01010101 1000100110 0101001 011100111 100101101010 1100010101 1100101010 111101 110101010 111001 00100 10010 0111111 1010100010101 1001010 0111001000 101010010101 001101 10110100101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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