This is an analysis of the poem The Night Forest that begins with:

Incumbent seemingly
On the serrate points of peaks...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXcXefegdgcgXchhXcdafgdihdicXbadih XgXihhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100 1011101 1101001 010111 010100 0100101 100100 010101 1100101 1111101 1011001 01010010 011011010 1100110 11001110 0101101 101001111 0101101 1100101 0110111 10100111 1011001 101100 11101001 111111 0100100 111101 0111101 110111 011011 1111101 110001 1101001 011100 110111 010101 100101 011101 0011111 110100 1101010 1100101 011101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 610
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Night Forest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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