This is an analysis of the poem Report from a Forest Logged by the Weyerhaeuser Company that begins with:

Three square miles clear-cut.
Now only the facts matter:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXX Xdeda fdXda XXgfa daXec dgbag aXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1100110 01011010 0111010111 010 1010110 1001111110 0111011111 1110 111111 1001001110 101110111 10111101100 110111 010101111 01010011010 0101001 1110001011 111110110 1010111 0101100110 011101101 11110010011 111111101 01011110 010101111110 001011111 1111010110 110010100100 0111001001 1101110100111 110000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Report from a Forest Logged by the Weyerhaeuser Company;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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