This is an analysis of the poem Kind Sir: These Woods that begins with:

Kind Sir: This is an old game
that we played when we were eight and ten. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabXbcdXdebcabcccccbefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100111 111110111 011010011 0110101110 101001001101 1110101111 0110100110011 10111011101 001111010101 0101111101 10011110001 101101101101 10101101111 1 110001 11001 0111101101 10111101011 11110111 1110110111 101011111 11110001101 110011110101 010101101001 1111111101 11110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; in, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Kind Sir: These Woods;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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