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

Thou sombre lady of down-bended head,
And weary lashes drooping to the cheek,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXdXcd eeeedcfdfX gegehcehXe hahaXgeeeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111001101 1101010001 0111011000 11011100111 1111111011 0101010100 1111011101 111101 1101010101 1101110101 1111010101 0101110111 1101011101 1111011101 1011001111 0111110011 11010110011 100101 010111001011 1000101010 0101110101 0101110101 01010010101 0011010101 0101010101 0101011111 01010111001 110111 1111011110 011011101 11110101001 01110011111 1111010100 11010011101 11111100100 1101001101 1101100101 010101 1101010101 111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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