This is an analysis of Mists In Autumn by James Thomson.

Now, by the cool, declining year condescend,
Descend the copious exhalations, check'd,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXccXaXXdcXdXXXXaabXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 25,
  • Metre: 11010101101 01010010001 1101010111 11010010101 1101010101 1101010001 1101010101 0101010101 0101001001 0101000101 1111010101 01110010101 1001011101 1011010101 1001010101 1111011001 11010100101 1101000111 1101010101 100111001001 0101010111 10101010101 0101010101 010100111001 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 25