This is an analysis of the poem The Foolish Elm that begins with:
The bold young Autumn came riding along
One day where an elm-tree grew.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc deeefgfX hbhbciXi gebebhbh dfdfXcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011001 1111111 11111111101 11111011 1111110111 11011011 1111101011 01001001 1110111111 1110111 1111110111 1100101 110111111 1111111 100101101 101110 110111101 1010101 1010111101 11101011 1011011101 010110010 10110111111 0011010010 111101101 0100111 11110010110 0100111 111011011 1100101 1110111111 10101001 101111101 10100101 1010011101 11101001 1101100101 011111 1101001001 00101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words queen, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Foolish Elm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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