This is an analysis of the poem The Yew-Berry that begins with:
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I call this idle history the ‘Berry of the Yew;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbcccdddccceeefffaaa XfffgggfffccXdddhhX Xaaaiiicccjjjdddkkk XkkklllXhhjjjaaaiiiggggggjjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,19,19,28,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 11010100010001 01110101010101 11011101011101 11111111110101 11011101111111 11010101010111 11111101011101 10101010001011 101010101010101 1011111010100001 01011100010101 01011101110111 101111101100101 111110011011101 010010101110100 11010101011101 01110110110101 001010101011001 01100101111101 11010101010101 101110110010001 1 11110101111101 11010101110111 11010011110001 111010100001101 010110101011111 11010101010111 11111111010111 11000101110111 111110101011101 00110100010111 11111100110111 11110101010110 101010101011101 11010101001001 01010111010001 11011101010101 110101001111101 111101011101010 1 11011101011111 111010101010001 11011111111111 111110101111101 101111011111101 11011111011001 01010100010011 01111101111101 11011100111111 11010101111101 01010101011111 01000101011011 111010101110111 1111101010100101 01111101110001 11110101010101 11010100111111 11111101010000 1 11111101011111 11111111010111 111011101010111 011110101110101 01000100011001 11011101110101 110111001001010 11111101110011 11000101011111 11111101111111 11110111110111 11011101010111 11010101110101 11011101111101 111111111010111 11010111010101 11010111100111 01101101010101 11000101100011 01000101010101 1100101010100101 010101001111111 11011101011001 01001101010101 11011100110001 01010101111101 11111101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1298
- Average number of words per stanza: 235
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, loved, her, we, one, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of The Yew-Berry;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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