This is an analysis of the poem The Talking Oak that begins with:
Once more the gate behind me falls;
Once more before my face ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede efef fbfb dede ghgh dbdB ibiA jbjb fcfc bfbf akak lclc eaea mdmd gfgf clcl nono adad dada ebeb fXfX dbdB iaia jdjd agag fafa ifif fpfX fcfc qeqe aXah eleX rfrf sasa fefX dbdB iaiA eded bfbf fdfd eeee qeqe bibi afaf pcpc didi bXbX agag dldl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 110111 110100101 110101 01010101 010101 11010101 110101 11110101 111011 01111101 110101 01010101 110101 10010101 110101 11110101 111011 01110101 110001 111101010 111101 111100010 010001 11111101 01001010 11010111 0111010 11000101 110101 11010101 010101 11101101 010111 111101001 010111 101011101 110101 00110111 110101 101010111 1100111 11010111 010101 101010101 110111 11010001 110101 101111101 110111 10110011 010111 101100111 111111 01010101 111101 11110101 110101 11111101 110001 1011101001 010101 01110111 110111 101110111 011111 01010001 1100101 101111111 110001 01111101 011101 101111101 110101 101100111 1101001 1011100101 010101 01010001 110101 101111111 111011 11110001 110100 101111101 010101 1101001 110101 101010101 010101 11011001 1111010 11110101 110101 10110101 010101 11101101 111111 011101001 010111 101011101 110101 01010011 110101 100110110 111101 11010100 111001 1010111101 010111 01010001 010101 101101111 110111 11011101 110001 11010111 010111 11010101 111110 1011100101 1100101 11011101 010101 101110101 100111 11110111 010101 101110111 110011 010111111 110110 101111111 110101 01110111 0111010 100010101 110111 01111101 111001 101110111 110111 11110101 111101 101010111 1100101 11110111 0101010 11011101 111101 11110101 010101 11101101 110101 11010111 010111 101110111 110101 11110111 110101 101010001 111101 11010101 110111 101010101 110101 11010101 111101 101001111 111111 11111101 111111 1010001101 010101 111100001 110101 101011101 010101 01001111 010101 101010101 110001 1101001 010101 101110101 100101 11110101 110111 101110111 011111 11110001 011100 11111101 1101001 11110111 01001000 110101010 110101 011101010 111101 11010101 111111 01011111 110101 111010111 1110101 11010101 111111 101111101 110101 11010011 010101 101010101 010001 01000111 110011 10000110111 010101 01010101 1010101 101110101 010101 01010101 010101 101111111 110101 11010101 110001 100011101 110111 11010001 111001 101010101 110101 11110101 010111 101110111 010101 11011101 111111 101111111 111101 11011111 111111 11010111 110101 11011101 010101 01011101 110101 11010111 110101 11011101 010111 01011100 010101 11110100 110101 11110111 110001 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 110110101 111101 11010101 110111 11010101 111111 01110111 010101 01111101 110101 010101011 110101 11010111 110101 11010101 111111 11110101 110111 01010111 110111 11110111 11111 10011101 010101 11010111 111101 111100111 111001 01010101 110101 11110101 110101 010101001 110101 11010111 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 75
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 300
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she, her, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words once, and, so, she, i, that, the, o, all are repeated.
The author used the same words and, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
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- summary of The Talking Oak;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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