This is an analysis of the poem Men O' The Forest Mark that begins with:

What we most need is men of worth,
Men o' the forest mark,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaB cdcd eXeX fgfg hXhc didi cacaXaBaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 01011101 110101 1111010 110101 11001010 100111 10101101 010111 10111111 101101 10100101 1011010 10010101 1101010 01110011 010101 11011111 110101 11010111 100111 10010001 011101 11010011 100111 110010011 100111 11010111 110101 01011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Men O' The Forest Mark;
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  • history of its creation;
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