This is an analysis of Autumn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Thou comest, Autumn, heralded by the rain,
With banners, by great gales incessant fanned,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbabcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010100101 0101110101 1011010100 1101010011 11010100101 0111011101 01010001001 1001111101 11001101010 110101010101 11110101010 1101110101 110010101010 110001100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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