This is an analysis of the poem The Orchard-Pit that begins with:

The Orchard-Pit
Piled deep below the screening apple-branch ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaab bbbbb cdccd beXbe fgffg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101 1101010101 1101010011 1111010111 1111111101 1101010101 0011010101 1101010111 1111011101 11010101001 1101010011 0011011101 1011111101 0111010101 1111000101 10010100101 1101111101 1111010101 1001110101 01111010101 1011010111 1111011111 1110100101 01110101000 11001101001 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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; her, 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 The Orchard-Pit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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