This is an analysis of the poem Robin Hood And The Monk that begins with:

In somer when the shawes be sheyne,
And leves be large and longe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bcXc XXdX XcdX XXXX Xece ccdX XXXfXX XXeX dXdX XcdX eXXd XcXc dXXX XgdX XXXX XdhX XfdX Xcdi dXXX XdXd XjXc XffX XXdg XXXX XXXc dcXc Xede XXeX dXfd Xd dcdi Xcdc cXXc XcXh Xe cBXX eXXX XaXa XXXX kXXX XcXX kXXX XgXX Xclc XXcX cXXX XCac XdXd XhXc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 1100111 101100110 010101 011011001 110101 111100101 10111 1011100 1000110 011111 10101011 10010101101 111111 011011111 1010100 11111110 10111 11100111 001001 111101110 111111 11111101 011101 1001011011 111101 01010100110 1010110 1110101 111110 111110 110011 111111 1111100 111101110 1111111 11011111 1111010 111111101 1011111 11110101101 101110 11110101101 1110101 11111110110 111101 11111101 11111 110110010 110111 01011010 111101 1011111110 11011101 011011101 111001 1011110 111011 1111101101 1101111 100111110 11101110 11010100 101010 1101010100 0101110 11010100 1001001 11011110 0111110 11001101 11010101 11100101 101101 011101101 1101110 1111110 1111111 110111 11110 10100100 11001100 11111110 101101 11101010 1110001 1110110 1110101 10101101 11111011 11010101 10111 1101100011 111010110 1110110 111011 1010101 0010111 010101101 011110 10101101 1111010 110110111 1101001 11010101110 10011 1101011 1111111 110100101 111111 1110101 1001101 111010110 111111 11111000110 101011 101111101 1111110 1010011 11100 110101101 1111101 1010001 110101 101101101 1011111 1110101 1011011 110110110 111001 111101101 1101111 11101101001 111100 111100100 1101111 10011101 110100 11100101 0010110 111011101 101111 111111101 10101 11100100 110110 1111101 1011110 11011101 010111 101110100010 1101101 111101110 1010101 111110101 11011001 1111011010 11100110 1100011101 110111 110100101 1111001 11111101 110100111 101101101 110100 1101111001 011010 01110010 1111010 1011101 101111 1111110 11111000 111111101 111111 11101011 111111 11011100110 111010 0111101 011101 11110001 011101 110101001 11110 110101001 111111 1010101 1111101 0010001 11011 11100110 1111101 10111100 1110100 0111101 110111 111101101 111101 11101111 101110 1100101 110111 1010101 111111 111011 010111 11011110 1010011 1101101 111111 1011111 111111 011111 111110001 010101 01101010 111110 11101001010 1101101 100111111 1111 11101101 111001 01111101 11010 11110001 111110 1110101 010101 011010 111111 1101111 011111 0110100 011101 1110100 0100110 1101010 1100110 100101101 11001011 10010101010 111001 1111110 111111 11111110 11010101 1011010010 11111 110001011 111001 101010101 1000110 100111010 110101 1011011101 111111 1111100100 010110 0101111 1111001 1111001 1101001 1010111 100111 1011111 101101 101101010 111110 1110111010 110111 01011010 1111111 101110001 111001 1010101101 1101010 11010101 11111 111011001 010101 11101110 101111 01010101 010101 01010101 0101111 110110101 10101011 1111101 0100111 11111010 10111 10111110 1111110 010101100 10111 110101010 111111 1101101 0101111 1110011111 11111 111001101101 111111 11101111 111111 101101101 111100 110101101 111111 101101101 111100 11100101101 110111 1111011010 101001 10111111 111011 11011111 10101 1110100 11101 111011 110111 110100100 110111 1101101 01100 1011100010 011111 1011100101 1111111 1100100100 010110 11110001 1111011 11110111 10011010 111101111 111110 1110101101 0110111 1010010111 110111 1110101 1111010 10101101 10111 1110010111 1111001010 110010001 110111 1101011 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 94
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 361
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; ', he, and, we, be, to, i, hem are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, i, johne, the, for, 'i are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'nay, 'i 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 ', jon, johne are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase johne connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Robin Hood And The Monk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Andrew Lang