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

THE trees have now hid at the edge of the hurst
The spot where the ruins decay... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbcccccbcbbccdXcd aeaaecfccfgaggaXcggcchcchijXijfkffk dddddiciicXbaabcdccdalaaldcddcbcbbX mammacfccfdddddefeefcXcceeaeeaXdggdXiiiiikekke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,35,35,46,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111101001 01101001 001010001111 1110101010100 111001101 01101001101 101101010 10001111001 11001011011 11001001 11011101001 111101011 01001011001 11001001111 101011001 11011001001 101011101 11001111011 011011100101 001101001 11011101001 111001011 11111001111 01001011101 010010001 101011001001 011001101 01101011001 1011010010011 101001001 110001101001 11001001 11111011101 01011101101 111001001 101101101010 101011101 11001011011 111111001001 111101111 11101001101 01111001 110101101111 01101111011 111101001 11101011001 101011101 110010110100 01001101101 100001001 11101001101 001101001 11101011011 001001011001 111111101 01101101111 11101101 01001101011 11101011001 111011001 101101011101 111001001 11011101001 11101001001 111101001 11011111010 011001011 11001101101 101001001001 101101001 01001011001 010111001 11101011011 101111011001 111101001 11111001111 1111010001 01011111011 10101001011 111011111 11101001101 111001001 101101011001 10101101001 01001011 11001001011 101011101 10111101111 11001011111 01101011 11001101011 001101001 111001011001 11101001101 010001101 01001011001 011101001 11011111011 101101111011 10111001 11111011101 111111101 11101111001 001001001001 101111011 11001011011 101101001 11011011001 11001101101 111111001 11011001011 1010110110 01111011011 010010011001 111101101 001101101011 11111001 101001001001 01100101111 111101001 101101101010 101011001 011001001001 01001011011 111001001 01011001101 11101011 11001011001 11001011011 01001101 111010001111 11011001 101001101101 01101011101 111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 223
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and, his, her, she are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Forest Boy;
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