This is an analysis of the poem Autumn Winds that begins with:

“Oh! Autumn winds, what means this plaintive wailing
Around the quiet homestead where we dwell?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXcXc dbebfgXg fhihbbXb icicabhb efefhgcg ibdbggdg fjdjadid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101010 0101011111 11111101010 1111010101 1001100010100 1001110101 11010101110 01001010101 11011101110 1101010011 11101101010 11010100111 10110101110 0101011101 11110111010 0110011101 11111101010 0101000101 11110101010 1101110101 10110101010 1101010101 10010110100 1101000100 10100111010 1101010101 11111110110 1101011101 11011101010 1101010101 10110111111 1101010010 11011111110 0101100111 01110101110 1101011111 11110111011 0101110101 11111111010 1101001101 11011101110 0101011111 10010101010 0101000111 010101001010 1101110001 100101001110 0101010111 11011101010 01001010111 10010101010 1001010001 11110111010 0101011111 010101110010 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; in, or, of, and, from, with are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word will at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Autumn Winds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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