This is an analysis of the poem Green Groweth The Holly that begins with:
1 Green groweth the holly,
2 So doth the ivy. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa bcbc bbbb adad aeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 111010 1110111011 1110010 11010101 1110101 11111010 1101101 11010101 1010101 11101001 1111101 1110110 1100011 1011010 1001101 1011110 101110 1111110 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
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- summary of Green Groweth The Holly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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