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

The shadows of the gaslit wings
Come softly crawling down our way;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc cecec fgfgf ahaha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 11010111 01010111 01010101 11011001 10100101 10001101 01010101 11110101 11010001 010101011 10010101 11000110 01110011 10110011 11010011 010010101 11010111 01111101 01010011 010010001 01000100 10110011 11010101 01010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and are repeated.

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

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

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