This is an analysis of the poem Under A Tree that begins with:

UNDER a tree where the breezes blow,
There is the spot that it's good to go ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccddee ccffff eeggaaXccbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100110101 100110001 0010110101 1000101101 11100110101 101101001011 100101101 101101111 1101100101 010110101 0101100101 1011100101 10101111 110010101 010101101 1110110101 1100110111 11100101101 1110101101 00100110101 1100110101 1100100111 11100100111 1010110111 101111111 1110111101 0100101110 1101110101 111110101 1101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of, we are repeated.

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

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