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

Three women walked upon a road,
And the first said airily,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab cdbd ebXX fefe ghhh abib fhfh jgag jchc ighg XXhb Xihi XaXaXbbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1011100 01010101 100101 01011111 111011 1010100101 010101 10110011 110101 110100111 010110 101110101 110111 10110101 110111 110100101 010101 11010111 111101 10110111 000111 11111101 100101 11111101 111111 1101110 110011 110101010 1101001 10010101 110101 011100110 110011 01111011 010111 11111100 111111 101110101 010101 01010011 111100 10111011 000101 11011111 110111 01110101 010001 11111101 110101 101110101 110101 01011111 11111 11010011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; tree, my, and are repeated.

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

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

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