This is an analysis of the poem Four Trees—upon A Solitary Acre that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbb Xcdc XdXdXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010101010 0101 110101010 01 010101010 01 1101011 11 010101 110100101 011101010 11 110110010010 11 110001110 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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