This is an analysis of the poem Late November that begins with:

Deep in her broom-sedge, burs and iron-weeds,
Her frost-slain asters and dead mallow-moons,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaabacbXc X b aaaXaaaadeedee X X addaaddafgaaga X X aaXafaaadagdag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,1,14,1,1,14,1,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001111101 0111011101 1101001001 0101110111 011100101 0111110010 11001110101 0101010111 0111011101 0110110111 0111100101 0101110101 0011100101 1101010101 1 1 1001011101 0111000101 11011101001 11010100110 0101110101 0101100101 1101010111 0101110111 1101111101 10010000101 0101011011 0111101000 1001110011 01111011001 1 10 01001100111 1011010111 1101100111 0101110101 0101110001 0100011101 1101010101 1101001111 1101010001 1101010101 01001011101 0101010001 1101010111 1001100001 1 1 1001000101 0101110101 0101010100 1111010001 1101010101 0101110111 01110001111 1001010101 0101010101 1111100101 0101100101 1101011111 0011000010001 01001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, her, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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