This is an analysis of the poem Lost Treasure that begins with:

THE autumn day steals, pallid as a ghost,
Along these fields and man-forsaken ways; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabba aaacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101110101 0111110101 110010010101 01001011111 11110001011 01111100101 0101010101 1100010111 1101011001 1101001011001 1111010111 0101010101 11110010101 10010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lost Treasure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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