This is an analysis of the poem The Old Acacia Tree that begins with:

Neither daylight nor the darkness
See how silently I wander....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xbcb ddXX caXa dcccXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 11100110 11101010 11101010 001011100 11101110 11101011 11111010 101001010 001010100 0110011010 101110101 11100011 100111010 110101111 101010100 01111010 11111111 111101111 101111111 1011110111 01111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, he, me are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Old Acacia Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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