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

Across the land a faint blue veil of mist
Seems hung; the woods wear yet arrayment sober ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcd Xeacea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101011101 11011110010 1111011011 01010100010 11010111001 1011011101 1111001101 1101011101 11110011101 0100110101 10101010101 1111011101 1111001111 1011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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

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