This is an analysis of the poem Fallen Leaves that begins with:
Why should I be the first to fall
Of all the leaves on this old tree?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcaa cecebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 01011011 11011111 01111101 11110101 1110101 11100101 01011011 1101010001 11111101 11010101 111100101 11010001 011101010 11010101 111000010 10111101 01110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, and are repeated.
The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Fallen Leaves;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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