This is an analysis of the poem The Vine & Oak, A Fable that begins with:
A vine from noblest lineage sprung
And with the choicest clusters hung,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeefcc bbffgg ddddaafX ffhd ccbbcccc ccXccccccchheX iiccccbbjj XfXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,8,4,8,14,10,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101001 10010101 01010101 1100100101 01011101 01010101 01010011 11010001 01011101 01111101 11010101 100110001 01110001 11010101 01010101 11010001 11010101 11110011 11010101 11011101 01010001 11001101 0101101 110101001 110010101 01010111 11010100 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01010001 110111 11110001 001000101 11010101 1010001 01010101 11010101 01011101 11110111 1011101011 101110101 101111101 101110101 101010101 101010101 101111101 101110101 101010101 101101101 101010111 10101111100 01110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 100010101 11110111 00010111 1110101 0111011 11010001 11010110 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, 'twas, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.
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