This is an analysis of the poem In The Orchard that begins with:

There was a giant by the Orchard Wall
Peeping about on this side and on that,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dededd dbXbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1001101111 1100011111 1011011111 0111110111 0111011001 1101110011 10010101001 1101110111 0111111001 1101111111 1111010111 1101011111 1001111111 1111100101 1100011111 1111111101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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