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

Adown a quiet glen where the gowan-berries glisten
And the linnet, shyest bird of all, his wild note warbles free;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb efef gXgb eheh iaiX hXhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110101010 10101101011101 10101010100101010 1101010101101 11000110101010 1111101010111 1111001010101110 11010101010111 110101010101010 11111101111111 110111010111110 1101010101101 101101000101110 01010101010101 1010101001101010 10011101010101 111111110101010 011000100010100 110111011101010 11100010101101 1101010111010010 11010100010101 010101010101110 11010101110101 111101010101011 10010111010111 110101011111011 110101011011101 100101001010101 11110101010111 10011110101011 1101010001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Haunted Hazel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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