This is an analysis of the poem A Blanket Of Leaves that begins with:
The bushes and the trees
Spread the old brown blanket; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab c cd e eD f Bf Bgg ad hhD h Bh Bee X dggd i bi bjj dkkd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,2,1,2,1,2,3,2,3,1,2,3,1,4,1,2,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 101110 10111 001110 1010101 1010101 1110101110111 11110111 0010111 1011101001 010101 101110 110011 101110 010101 1010011 101010100011 1 10101111 10101001 1011101001 1100111 101110 1010101 101110 1010011 1011111 011001 1010101010111 010101 1010101 1011100001 1010111 101110 1010101 1001110 10101010 10101110 11111010101101 1010101 0111011 1011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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 they is repeated.
The author used the same words 'neath, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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