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

In dreams of the night I hear the call
Of wild duck scudding across the lake,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efeX gfgf dXdh gdgX gcggg ihih jdjd fgfg akakXjjjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010011101 011100101 011101101 110010111 1101001101 110010101 101100111 110100101 101011101 010110001 1010011101 010011101 010100101 010110111 110110101 010110111 110100101 010111011 111011101 011010110 110100101 111011101 110110101 110100101 1011100101 01011010 1 100110111 110111111 110011101 0110000101 110010111 010100101 010010101 111111001 011110101 10010001 100100101 100100101 0100111101 0100110101 1110100101 11010100101 1010111111 110100101 1100101101 110011111 1100111101 1100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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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