This is an analysis of the poem The Fir-Tree And The Brook that begins with:

The Fir-Tree looked on stars, but loved the Brook!
"O silver-voiced! if thou wouldst wait, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dedecccc fgfgcccc hghXXccX ececcccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111101 101010111 11110101101 0111101 11110101 11101111111 11111100011 111101 011111101 11010101 1011010001 110010101 0101101 11011111111 11101111011 111101 1111010111 11010101 111101001 11011101 0111101 01110011011 11111111011 111101 1101011111 01111111 0101110111 011101110 110101 11111111011 11111111111 0111010 1001111101 100101001 0111010101 11011111 110101 011011111011 01001101011 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, i, of, and, thee are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of The Fir-Tree And The Brook;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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