This is an analysis of the poem In Sutton Woods that begins with:
There-peace once more; the restless roar
Of troubled cities dies away.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbbb cdcd bebe afaf acac cdcd ghgh cdcd idid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 01010101 100111110 01111101 01010001 11010111 01010101 11010001 010010101 10010101 11010101 11010001 11011101 11011101 110000111 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11011101 01111111 11111111 101101001 01110011 11111111 110111001 11110011 111100101 00110011 11011101 10110101 10011101 010100010 01010100 11000101 01010101 11111111 11000101 00010100 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, o, what, let are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of In Sutton Woods;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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