This is an analysis of the poem At End Of A Holiday that begins with:

'LEAVES and brambles from hill and hollow
Come and gather!' the children cried;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1852
  • Average number of words per stanza: 350
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, leaves, dry are repeated.

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

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