This is an analysis of the poem Season Of Forgiveness that begins with:

And once again...
Leaves blowing in October winds, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccbX aXXXddaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11000101 10101001 1101101 0010010 11111 10011110110 10101010101 01100010101 110110010 0101111101 1000100010 11011010 101010101 11010010 00101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Season Of Forgiveness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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