This is an analysis of the poem By An Autumn Fire that begins with:

Now at our casement the wind is shrilling,
Poignant and keen ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaaabbaabcdddc caabbaabb aXbbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001010 1011 1101100101 00100111001 001010001 1100111010 001010 101001010 1111011110 1110101110 01011001010 10100101010 010111010 001101111110 1001011010 11101001110 01101 110100111 0010101001 10111111 1001001010 01010 1001001010 101111010 11011111010 1111001001 1101101010 1101001010 1101111010 0010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, of are repeated.

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