This is an analysis of the poem The Haunted Wood that begins with:

I ofttimes come to this lonely place,
And forget the stir of my restless race;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdddd eeddccdddd ffgghhccbb ffaaffiidd jjddccbbii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1100100101 1010101101 01010101 010110101 010110101 011010111 1010110101 101010111 111101101 1010100101 00110100101 110010101 101110101 1010100111 101110101 111110101 111001101 110111101 110011111 0101110101 00111100111 110100101 1110100101 010100111 110010111 110111101 1100100101 1010111101 1110100101 110011101 0011111101 0010111001 11110100101 1010100101 10100100101 111010101 1101110111 101010101 1010100101 101010111 110111111 1100100101 101010101 1110100101 11110100101 1011100101 10101101101 1010100101 10110100101 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 405
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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