This is an analysis of the poem Fall Song that begins with:

Autumn, I loved you when the leaves fall
And leave the branches naked for winter's icy bites, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcXc Xdbd bcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111011 1101010110101 10101011101 110101 11111111111 101100010101 101100111101 010011 110101111 110011011001 11110111101 10100011 111110111 1010110011 1011011101010 001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Fall Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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