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

Where the acorn tumbles down,
Where the ash tree sheds its berry, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccadadccefefaadgdgcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 10111010 0111111 01111110 1010011 1011111 1010111 11101010 1110101 11111110 1010111 10011101 1010111 10101010 1011101 10101110 1111101 1110111 11111001 10101111 1010101 10101011 1010111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 799
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Fieldmouse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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