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

But see the fading many-colour'd woods,
Shade deepening over shade, the country round…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccadefgccdfbaXddhXgeXaaXhXadbXbh
  • Stanza lengths: 34,
  • Metre: 1101010101 11001010101 1001010111 01001010101 0101110101 11001001111 1101000101 11110010101 1001010111 1100010101 0101010101 1111010101 11001011001 01010001001 1101010101 0111010111 0101010001 1111000101 0101011101 0101011101 0101000101 11011100101 1101010101 1101010101 11001010101 11110001010 01011100101 1101011101 1001010001 11001101001 11010110101 0101100101 1111010101 0100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 34

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