This is an analysis of the poem The Lure Of Trees that begins with:

I honour all trees well; but, best of all,
I love those scarred old veterans, proud and tall,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddeeaXff gggghhcc iifXaXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 11111100111 1001000101 0111010111 1001010101 0101100101 0101011011 01011010101 1101011111 1111010101 1001110101 1111110101 10010010101 0111011110 1001010001 011001000111 1100011001 1101011101 0101110111 1101111101 0111011011 1101010101 1110010011 1101011111 11110101110 10010111010 1111110101 1111110100 1011011101 1101111111 1111011101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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, with are repeated.

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

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

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