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

These autumn gardens, russet, gray and brown,
The sward with shrivelled foliage strown, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXa aabab ccdcd aabaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010111 010100101 0111 1101011100 110100 1111011101 11010101 0101 1101010101 101101 1011011101 11010111 1100 1101010001 100101 10010001010 110101010 1001 110100010010 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; year, to are repeated.

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

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

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