This is an analysis of the poem Lament Of The Maple Tree that begins with:

I laid me down one day in June;
It was late-long after noon-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccffaagghhccaaggXchhggiig gXcjjhhkkggjXllmmeeddccggeXggmmeeccffjjhh ddccjjkknnkkXga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,41,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 0111101 01010101 11010101 01110101 10111101 10101010 111101110 1110101 11110101 01010001 10110101 11110011 10010101 11110101 11011101 011100010 11101010 10110101 11010011 01001111 110100101 11101010 10001010 01011011 11010111 11110100 01010101 1101011 0010111 11110111 11110101 11010011 110011101 11011101 11111001 11110110 01110111 11011101 11011111 11111111 11010111 11011101 10100101 11111101 01110001 11110101 01010111 11010011 10110111 01111001 001110101 11110101 011111001 11010010 01011010 00101101 11010101 11110111 11100110 11111001 11011101 11111101 11011101 11111111 11011111 100111010 10110010 01110101 11111011 011100101 01010101 111101001 11000101 10110101 01110111 111111110 011101010 1111111 11110101 11011101 10111111 11111101 1100100001 1110001 1001001 11001101 100001001 01111110101 010010001111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 772
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Lament Of The Maple Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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