This is an analysis of the poem An Autumn Sonnet that begins with:

These little presents of your tenderness,
Although less grand a gift than was your love,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabacdeecdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1101001100 1111011111 1101000101 0111110101 1101110111 1101110111 1101110011 1011010110 11111101001 11011111001 1111111011 1001110100 1011011111 1001011101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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  • summary of An Autumn Sonnet;
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