This is an analysis of the poem The Voice In The Wild Oak that begins with:
Twelve years ago, when I could face
High heaven’s dome with different eyes—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdebebfgfg ghghefef aeaebfbf ififhbhb ibibaaX bfbfjgjk lblbebeX ififlhXh bibibmbm gggkfbfb ninijbjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10011111 110101001 0111001001 111101 11010111 01111101 11010001 110001 11111101 11010100 110101001 110101 11111101 01010001 11110111 110101 11110101 11110101 01111101 110101 111111001 01010101 01111101 010001 11110100 11010101 11110111 010111 01011101 11010111 111101 010111 11111101 110111001 11110111 101101 11011001 01110001 01010011 110101 11110101 01110101 11110111 010111 01110101 11111111 010100 11111101 11010001 10110111 110111 11001101 11010100 01010101 110100 11010101 11010001 11010111 0111001 11100001 10010100 11010101 0101110 111101001 11011001 11110001 110101 100101001 11110101 11010111 010111 11011101 110111100 11110100 111111 11010111 110010101 01010101 010001 11010101 11011101 01010101 010100 11110101 010001101 11111101 010101 11011111 01000111 11011101 111101 11111101 01011101 11010111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; with, he, that, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, a are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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