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

Together we laughed and talked in the warm--lit room:
Out now, alone I come... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababcbXddXcabbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010111100111 110111 000100100101 10010010101 1001010111 010101 01011101001 1001011001 01101101101 1010100111 1010010110 0101001111111 1110100100111 100101001001 10101111001 01010100101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 730
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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  • summary of November;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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