This is an analysis of the poem The Woodcutter's Hut that begins with:

Far up in the wild and wintery hills in the heart of the cliff-broken
woods,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccXdedefgfebeeheibieedjdeagabXgkXkakalXlbccXkjkebhbXdXdababhbXkkebXbleXeecbcaeaXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 85,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011100100100110 1 101011111001001000 0100101001011111 01011011100100101 00111001110010 1001 011101001101011 1 0100100101101011 1 00101001111010010 01 10010010110101101 0100101010100100 1 10101001011010101 110010100100100 101 1101010011000111 1010111001111010 1 010010110011100101 110010110100101011 101001011110101001 101001011011010010 1 11001101111101111 1 101011101011010 1 111001010010101001 10 10010110010010110 1 11011100101001 11 111010010001101010 1 1110111111011 10010 0111010100111101 010 10110011100101 01 1111010010010111 01011110101011 11 1101111110010010 1 1101111001011010 1 101011001011100 1001 10010101111010 1 10110111001011010 1 010111011110011101 010010101110101100 1 101101000101010111 0100110101100100 101 1010010110101101000 1 01001001110111101 1110110101011101 1 1010110011011010 101 011110101110110 1 0111101010010100 1 11011000110110011 1 111001011110100 01 11110100111101101 0100111001010101 1 01001001001101001 01 01011001010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3747
  • Average number of words per stanza: 694
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • 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; in, and, of, his are repeated.

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

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