This is an analysis of the poem He Needed Not that begins with:

Of whispering trees the tongues to hear,
And sermons of the silent stone;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcd ececec ababab fafafg chchch cdcdcd ieieie igiaig icicic jbjbjb eieiei fifXXifi keXeke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010101 11000101 01010111 010100111 11110111 11011101 11110101 01110101 01010011 010100101 11000101 10010101 11110101 00110101 11010101 10011101 110101001 11011111 11010111 01011101 01010111 11010101 11000101 11010101 10010101 010101010 11010001 01110101 11001101 100100010 11010101 011100111 110111001 1110101 01010101 11110111 11110001 11010001 01011101 11010101 11011111 11110111 01111111 11110101 01011111 110110101 11110001 01010101 111100101 111111010 11100001 00010101 010010111 0100100010 11011101 11010101 11010111 01011101 11000101 11110101 010100101 1100111101 10111101 1100101101 01010100 10010101 10011101 11011101 11010011 1000101101 010101001 11011100 10110101 01111101 01010101 00 111 01001 11111111 11011101 11010101 110010101 11110111 01110101 11011101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

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