This is an analysis of the poem An Apple Tree In France that begins with:

An apple tree beside the way,
Drinking the sunshine day by day...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee cceeffeecc ggddffeehh eeaacciiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10011111 01000101 10010101 01010111 110100111 10010111 110100001 10010101 01110101 11010101 01011111 110100101 01010101 01110111 11010101 11011101 11011111 11010111 11011101 11010001 11010111 110100001 11010101 11000101 01110101 10010111 11111001 11111101 110110001 01010101 11100101 11010101 11110101 11011101 100101011 11011101 11001101 10110110 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, in, and are repeated.

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

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