This is an analysis of the poem On Wenlock Edge The Wood's In Trouble that begins with:
On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;
His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abAb cdcd efef ghgh AeaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101010 01010101 010101010 11110101 111011110 11000101 101100110 110100101 110111010 11010111 011111010 01111101 110111010 11010111 010111010 11010111 010101010 01111101 010101010 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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