Analysis of November Night
Adelaide Crapsey 1878 (Brooklyn) – 1914 (Rochester)
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With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees
And fall.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain |
| Metre | 10 1111 111101 01111101 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 120 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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