This is an analysis of the poem Climbing that begins with:

High up in the apple tree climbing I go,
With the sky above me, the earth below. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb Xbcc aaddXbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001011011 0010110101 11001001001 11001111011 101010110 010111101 01001001001 1100111111 1110101 0111111111 011111101 10111111101 01001001001 111001001001 10101011 001101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Climbing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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