This is an analysis of the poem Gathering Leaves that begins with:
Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa abcb adad efef XgXg dhch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11011 11101 11101 11011 01011 11011 1001 101011 01101 101011 10011 111101 01101 111011 11111 101011 111110 01101 1010110 101011 101001 11011 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word next is repeated.
The author used the same word next at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Gathering Leaves;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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