This is an analysis of the poem From The Forests that begins with:

Where in a green, moist, myrtle dell
The torrent voice rings strong... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cccc ebeb bfbf ghgh ijij Xefe dkdk cgcg aiaiXjiji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011101 010111 11010111 110111 01000101 100101 1111011101 111101 11010101 010001 11010101 010101 01010101 010101 01010101 1101001 01011101 011001 11010101 110101 110010101 01010010 11010101 11011110 11011101 010101 11011101 0101001 11110100 111101 11010100 011101 11011101 110111 01010101 010101 11010101 011101 01110101 111111 01110111 100101 01000101 010101 11111101 010101 11010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

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

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