This is an analysis of the poem The Green Roads that begins with:

The green roads that end in the forest
Are strewn with white goose feathers this June,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab aX aX ab ac aX aa aXXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110010 110111001 1110111110010 01011111011 111101011010 1101010111010 111010110010 10100100101 0010100010 111011001 001101110010 1111010100101 11101010010 10011110011 101011101010 1100111111 0110101101010010 11111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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 is repeated.

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

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