This is an analysis of the poem Wood-Call that begins with:

Into the quiet woods
Come from the glare and heat... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbaXabcc XaXdddaaeeffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000101 100111 00101 100111 101010 110101 11010 1100101 011111 1101010100 0011000 11001 110101 0100110101 011101 0101010101 0101 1101001111 01010101 0111110001 010101 0111 100101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines woods is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Wood-Call;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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