This is an analysis of the poem Sheoaks That Sigh When The Wind Is Still that begins with:
Why are the sheoaks forever sighing?
(Sheoaks that sigh when the wind is still)—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababB acacc ababBXabababB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101010 11110101 1101101010 111111011 11101110 1101001010 101101111 1101011100 10101101 101100101 1001101010 000101111 1001101010 101110111 11101110 1001001010 010100111 1001001010 010111111 1111001010 111111101111 11101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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.
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