This is an analysis of the poem The Falling Of The Leaves that begins with:

AUTUMN is over the long leaves that love us,
And over the mice in the barley sheaves;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010011111 1100100101 10010010011 1100111101 0100010011011 1101111111 1111010010011 00110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; leaves, of, us, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Falling Of The Leaves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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