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

I have been through the woods to-day
And the leaves were falling,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cdcd adad ebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 101010 101101 1010110 101011101 1111 1010111 11101 110101 111111 111101011 111101101 101011001 10110101 1110011111 1110111 11110111 11101010 11101101 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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