This is an analysis of the poem An Autumn Rain-Scene that begins with:

There trudges one to a merry-making
With sturdy swing, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaB XXB ccB ddB eeB bbB ccB X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001010 0101 110111 010101000 00101 110111 110101001 1101 110111 0101000111 01001 110111 1101100111 00101 110111 1101101011 10011 110111 10101100101 01111 110111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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