This is an analysis of the poem The Cherry Tree that begins with:

Come from your bed my drowsy gentleman!
And you, fair lady, rise and braid your hair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcb dedeee fcfcfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011110100 1111011111 1101010111 0101101101 1001010101 11001111101 01110111001 1101011101 0101110101 1111010111 0101010111 1101010101 1110011111 1011010101 110101111 1101011101 1100011100 0101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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