This is an analysis of the poem Nature Trail that begins with:

At the bottom of my garden
There's a hedgehog and a frog...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXd efXfgXga hecefdad heXeaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110 1011101 10101010 1010101 10101011 1110101 10100010 1111101 11101010 1110101 111100110 110011 10101010 1111111 111010110 011001 1010111 1101110 110111 011100110 11011101 111111 10110111 010111 11000101 11110100 1010111 11111100 111010 1010001 11011101 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; visit, come, there's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, there's are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Nature Trail;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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