This is an analysis of Autumn by Samuel Johnson.
Alas! with swift and silent pace,
Impatient time rolls on the year;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fbfb gcgc ecec bfbf ghgh ijij hchcXdidi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01011101 01011101 01011101 11011101 101110111 11010101 0100011101 11011001 01011111 110010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11011111 11011101 11110101 11110111 01011111 11011101 1110101 00010111 11111101 011100101 01000111 11110101 01010101 010100101 11010101 11011101 011100101 11010101 110111101 11011101 0110010010 01010101 011101010 11010101 01011101 01011001 01011111 11010111 010100101 11001111 110010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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