This is an analysis of the poem Corona that begins with:

Autunm eats its leaf out of my hand: we are friends.
From the nuts we shell time and we teach it to walk:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX XXX bcabXX deXced d Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,6,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011011111 001111111001 1101001 0010011 01101110 11101 11110010111 111110 10111 1111011011010 11110010 10100111 111010010110110 01 00111 001011110010 10110101 001001 001 010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; we, like, time, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, we, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines time is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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