This is an analysis of the poem Trees that begins with:

IN the Garden of Eden, planted by God,
There were goodly trees in the springing sod,—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaaffggXbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100101011 1010100101 10101111 010100101 101100111 11110101 0100100101 010110101 11010111 10111101001 10110101 1100111111 111011011 11010101 110101101 0110100101 1100100111 10101001001 110111101 00100100101 1010011101 110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 865
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; in, and, for, of are repeated.

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

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

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

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