This is an analysis of October by Ellis Parker Butler.

The forest holds high carnival to-day,
And every hill-side glows with gold and fire;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 0101110001 110011101110 1011010101 11110101010 0101010101 0101110101 1101011101 1001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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