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

BUT two miles more, and then we rest !
Well, there is still an hour of day, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccb acacccc aaaXbda edebccd afafggf hchcbdc iiiijji cjcjccj khkhaah lklkbbk acacccc jijibdi iaiaiia ccccaac gcgceec Xbabjjb hihiaai kkkkaXk cicikkc icicXbcXhkhgffk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111011111 110111001 11010001 011111001 11011001 11000101 110101 11010101 111101001 11010111 00010101 111101001 01011001 110011 111101111 10110110 111111001 01000101 11101101 11111100 010101 10110111 11110100 10111101 11001110 110111001 11001101 010100 11011111 011111001 01010101 01011101 11100100 01110101 110101 11110111 11011101 010101001 11110111 1100100111 010011100 110101 11011111 01111111 11011111 010101001 10010101 11001101 010111 11110101 11100101 11110101 01001101 11010101 110011011 010101 11001101 11010101 01001101 10010101 01110101 11011101 011101 01011101 11011101 111101001 11010101 10010101 1100100101 010101 0111001001 11010111 00110111 11110101 11110101 11010101 010101 11110111 010001101 10110101 010011101 01110101 10110100 111101 01010111 110000111 11110101 01111101 110100101 11110101 011101 11110101 11110111 11010111 11010101 101001111 11011101 110101 11010111 11010101 111100101 11111101 110101011 11011111 110111 11011110 01010101 110100011 01010101 101101101 11010101 110111 101100101 11011111 11011111 01110101 11111101 01111101 110101 11110101 100100001 11111101 110011001 01110101 010101001 111101 01110101 11010001 11100101 11010101 1101000001 11011101 0101001 100011101 010001001 11010101 10001101 11110110 111111001 010111 011000101 11010101 10011101 11111001 010111001 11010111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 147
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thy is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Wood;
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