This is an analysis of An Autumn Picture by Alfred Austin.

Now round red roofs stand russet stacks arow:
Homeward from gleaning in the stubbly wheat,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdadaee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110110 1001000101 1101011101 1101010111 1111100101 1011110001 1001001101 1001010001 1001010101 11011101101 01110010101 1101110001 1001110101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14