This is an analysis of the poem In The Depths Of A Forest that begins with:

In the depths of a Forest secluded and wild,
The night voices whisper in passionate numbers;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXabab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001001011 011010010010 111001110101 1011110110010 00111001001 1111111010110 101111101001 1011110110010 11101001001 110010010110 11111101101 1011011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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