This is an analysis of 1926 by Weldon Kees.

The porchlight coming on again,
Early November, the dead leaves…

Browse poems by Weldon Kees

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXX bcdXXXadbcA
  • Stanza lengths: 5,11,
  • Metre: 01010101 10010011 1010101 100101 010101011 11011101 010111 11010111 0110011 010010101 101101 11110101 1111010101 11010101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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