This is an analysis of the poem Who Goes Amid The Green Wood that begins with:

Who goes amid the green wood
With springtide all adorning her? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd abab efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101011 01010100 110101011 010100 1100011 11110111 11000111 011100 0101011 100111010 111101011 1011010 1001111 01110101 10011111 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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