This is an analysis of the poem Vaunting Oak that begins with:

He is a tower unleaning. But how he’ll break
If Heaven assault him with full wind and sleet, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb Xdc efd fXf ghg hih ieX djd jkj kek dXd Xfef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100101001111 01001101111 1111111001 11010010101 10110111010 10010010101 1011001011100 00110011111 010101111110 10101111100 101100001001 0111100100101 101010010000 0011101100 11001101101 10101010001 1101011001 1101000010001 11111110011 10110011111 10010101100 01011011111 0101110100 1011000110 0111110111 10110111110 10111010111 111100101010 11010010001 110101010010 11010010101 01110111100 101111110001 11110101001 11011000100 010011010111 10001111001 10111101000 10101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

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