This is an analysis of the poem Under Quivering Aspens that begins with:

I am walking under quivering aspen-trees,
I am walking with silent thoughts of glamour,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXa aXaa aaXX aXa AXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100101 11100101010 10010101000 01010101001010101 1100111010 11100101010 11010 10011100101 110110010010 100111100010010 110010011010 110001101010101 100101010101 101110110110 111010100101 1010010111 1100110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, in are repeated.

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

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