This is an analysis of the poem The Arbour that begins with:

I'll rest me in this sheltered bower,
And look upon the clear blue sky... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc daba beee Xbdb cfef Xgag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111001010 11010111 11011101 111101001 11111101 110000111 11010011 110100101 11111001 1111101 01010100 11110101 11010101 11111101 11000101 11011101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11110111 11011101 11011101 11000101 1101011 11010111 11110101 11110101 01110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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