This is an analysis of Brown Leaves by Gamaliel Bradford.

The passage of dead leaves in spring
Is like the aged vanishing.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXX
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 010011001 0101100 01010101 01010111 11011101 11110111 11010101 11010101 01101101 1101100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10