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

God made them very beautiful, the trees:
He spoke and gnarled of bole or silken sleek...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbaaaaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010001 1111011101 1101011101 1101011101 1111010101 1001110101 01011110011 0101011011 1101010101 0111010111 1001110101 1111011111 1111110111 110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to, and are repeated.

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

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

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

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