This is an analysis of the poem Forest Moods that begins with:

There is singing of birds in the deep wet woods,
In the heart of the listening solitudes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccdd aXdd bbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10100100111 001001001000 1011011011 110101111 0100101111 0101001011 1010100111 00111000111 101001000111 001001001000 01001101011 1100101101 101101101 010101101 10111011001 10001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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