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

and he cried with a loud voice: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees - Revelation
They are cutting down the great... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, with are repeated.

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

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

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

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