This is an analysis of the poem Winter In Panchavati that begins with:

Came and passed the golden autumn in the forest's gloomy shade,
And the northern blasts of winter swept along the silent glade,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee dd ff gg hh ii Xh dd dd bb gg jj ff gg gg jj aa kk Xh ff ee dd ll aa Xg XX bb bb gg lX ll bb XeXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100010101 101010101010101 101011101110101 101011000010001 111010100010001 1010101000100101 1001110100010101 101010101010101 1011100101011111 1010101001010101 101011101010101 1010010101010101 001010101011101 001010100010101 001010001011101 101110101010101 101111101010101 1110011101010101 1010101001011101 101011101010101 1010101001010101 101110101010101 1010101001110101 1010100101010101 101010101010101 101010100011111 101110101011101 101010101010101 101010101110101 11110100011101 101010101010101 101010101111101 101011101010111 1010101010101001 101110101011101 101010101011011 101010101010111 1001010101010101 10111010100100101 101111101011111 101010111111101 101011101010101 101010101010101 111010101010101 001010100110110 0110101010010101 101010101010101 101110101010101 111010100100101 101011101010101 101011101010101 101010101110101 101100101110111 111110111000101 101010101010101 101111101110101 1111001010111010 1010010101010101 101011001010101 1011101011001010 111110101100111 101010101010101 101010101010111 111010101010111 111010101110101 101010101010101 111010101010101 1110111000101100 1011010111110001 111010101011111 101000100010101 11010101010101 111011100111101 111010100011101 001010101000101 101010100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, of, her, still, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words with, southward, mark, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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