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

THE leaves and tassels of the oak
Were golden-green with May,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcXdedefcfcagagebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110001 010101 01010101 110100 01010101 010110 10010101 010100 01111101 110111 01111101 011101 11010101 100101 11011101 1100101 01111011 110111 11110101 111111 1010111100 110101 11110101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 726
  • Average number of words per stanza: 128
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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