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

The oak is a brave tree that groweth in the wood—
The oak, and the pine, and the aspen tree—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBabbcccccaaAaaaBabbcccccaaAaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010011110001 0110110101 101010110001 1110010101 1011101001 01001010111 1110010001 001110111011 1111010101 1110110001 1010010110001 1101110001 110001110101 0010011111 0010010111 1111001110001 0110110101 101010010101 1011010011 0101011101 1111001110111 1010010001 10001101111 1110010101 1101110101 1111010110001 110110001 110001110101 1111110111 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 278
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; in, he, his, and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, from, by are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea, sail, made, free are repeated).

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

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

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