This is an analysis of the poem An Autumnal Simile that begins with:
The leaves that in the lonely walks were spread,
Starting from off the ground beneath the tread,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110010101 1001010101 10100101 1011011100 1101011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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