This is an analysis of the poem Up In The Tree that begins with:
What would you see, if I took you up
My little aerie-stair?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcdXdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101111 110101 1110110111 1111001 111111101 01101101 01011111001 0111111 11111001001 011101 10111101111 11101111 111111101 1001001 1101101001 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, would, your are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Up In The Tree;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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