This is an analysis of the poem The Fall Of The Leaf that begins with:

Earnest and sad the solemn tale
That the sighing winds give back,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd efefgaga hhhhdfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 1010111 10010101 1010101 11011111 1010101 111011101 1011101 10110101 011101 111010111 1010101 101011101 0111101 1101100101 1011101 111111101 10101010 101011101 10101010 01110111 010101 110011101 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.

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