This is an analysis of the poem The Wood-Nymph that begins with:

-After a picture by Burne Jones-
The green leaves, ah, the green leaves cover me:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadaefXfbgXcdbhabheijgXaddXdakaaehcjdckckjhkij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010111 0111011101 1111001101 1101010001 1111111101 110100010010 1111000111 10011110100 1101110111 10111101000 1001011111 11011101111 0100010111 1101011101 1111010111 1101110101 101000101 0101010111 0101111101 1111010101 1101110101 1111010111 1101010101 1101011111 0100110100 1101110101 101010101 1101000101 1111110111 11000011010 1111110101 1111110111 10010010101 1101110011 0111110111 1111111101 0101111101 1111111111 11110100111 1101110111 0111111101 0111110111 1101110101 0111001110 110111101111 1111010101 0101110111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2028
  • Average number of words per stanza: 390
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; leaves, and, i, to, happy, pass, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, part, will are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dawn is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase pass connects the lines.

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

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