This is an analysis of the poem The Heart Of The Forest that begins with:

You pretend to look for wildflowers, but what you're doing
is trying to find traces of where your feet...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc XXc Xdc eXX eXc XdbXbda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111111110 01001100111 1110010001 11101111001 100110101001 111011110010 10110110101 1011101101010 11111011010 1101010001 11011011101 0110101111 111011100110 0010101110110 0011101101101 011100100010 10010101010 10110001010 110101111001 1101011001 11000111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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