This is an analysis of the poem Flanders' Woods that begins with:

England's woods are green to-day;
Every day and all day long...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBab cXcd eBeb fdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011101 10011111 0010111 0111011 1110111 1111111 10110101 01110101 010111001 10011111 01010111 1110101 1010111 11010101 110010111 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; day, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Flanders' Woods;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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