This is an analysis of the poem The Acorn that begins with:
The seed has started,—who can stay it? see,
The leaves are sprouting high above the ground;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbbbbcdcdcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111011101 0111010101 010100100101 1101011101 0101011101 1101010101 01101010101 0101010111 0111010001 0101110111 1011011101 0101001101 1111011011 110101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that are repeated.
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- summary of The Acorn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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