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

AN acorn fell from an old oak tree,
And lay on the frosty ground... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcd cacaaXeb Xfgfcbcb cacebhbh ibibhghg fdfdbXbf gdgdbjbj bcbckdkd jajabcbc cccclala ababjgjg babegcgc babafafa gdgdcaca akakgXgb babebaba bbbbglgl gbgbcici hihiffff agagmdmd nanababa lilibjbj acackhkh lblbkjkj hfhfalal mamahaha kfkfobob acacipiX iai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101111 1110101 1110100101 110101 11110101 10100111 1110101001 101111 101111101 0010101 101010101 10101001 110110110 1111000 11010100 1000001 110111110 0110101 01111011 1100101 0011110111 10100111 110100101 1010101 101011011 1010100 0100110111 11100100 0010110101 0100101 010011101 1110101 111110111 1110101 11100100101 0100111 010101101 1010111 110100101 0010101 0011100111 1010111 011110111 1011101 110011101 0111010 111011111 1010111 01110111 0110101 110010101 0100101 0111011001 0111101 1010100101 0100101 011100101 1011111 1010110101 0100101 110111101 1010111 1010100101 10110111 010110101 1110111 011100111 0011111 101010111 1111001 1011111001 110001 011100111 1011101 0100100101 1100101 010101001 1100111 010110101 110101 01111111 1010101 01000111 1100101 0100111100 011101 0010111101 1100101 010011111 1100101 111011101 010100 1010110101 011101 1110110111 111001 110100101 00100101 1011110111 1010111 1011111101 010101 1011100101 01011111 01111101 1010111 1011110101 1011101 10101101001 1100101 1011100101 110101 010110101 0011101 11101001001 1010111 1110110111 01110 010110111 10100101 11110101 0011011 110100101 1010100 011100101 1010111 111110111 1010111 11000111 0010101 011100101 0010101 110010101 1100101 11011111 1100101 101000101 1010101 110010111 011111 011010101 0011101 1010110101 0100111 1011100101 1100101 1011100101 1010101 1011100111 1100111 1010110101 10100101 010100101 0110101 101110111 1100101 1011110101 011101 1011100101 010101 110010101 1100101 001010111 111101 11110111 110001 1010100101 0110111 011100101 1100001 011110101 1011001 101111111 10110001 011100101 1010101 011110101 1010101 111010101 11100101 0100110101 0100101 101111101 0110101 010110101 1010111 111101101 0010101 010111001 011101 111110111 1110101 1110101001 0010111 101110101 1010101 01010111 110101 110010101 1100011 01011101 011101 1110100101 1110101 011100101 1010111 1011100101 1100011 111011101 00100101 10101100111 1100101 111100101 0011111 010110101 1011101 01111101 1111101 010100101 0111111 01010101 111101 101010101 1010111 11111101 110101 1100110101 1010101 1010010101 0101011 101011101 0100101 101001110111 1011101 1010111001 1110101 01010101 1010111 111100101 0011101 110111101 0110101 11011101 111101 1101001001 01001001 01010111 1101001 010100101 011111 101010111 1101001 011110101 1110101 0100110101 111111 10110101 1101101 010010101 1011101 1100100101 1100111 1011100101 0110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 264
  • 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; he, and, to, in, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, and, on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Acorn;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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