This is an analysis of the poem On An Apple-Ripe September Morning that begins with:

On an apple-ripe September morning
Through the mist-chill fields I went...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX XaXa bcac cded Xece Xefe cgfg caXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110101010 1011111 00111110 11111100 010111111 01001011 1110011010 11110101 00101010 1101001 0110010 0100101 1110101110 1110001 01001010111 1001101 1110011001 1111111 1001101101 11101101 0110010 101111 111010011 100101 1010010111 011101 0100101011 11110101 1010111 111100101 11111101111 11101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and, to are repeated.

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

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