This is an analysis of the poem Yellow Clover that begins with:

Must I, who walk alone,
Come on it still,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXdefgeahiichcgfbhajjahi aeiiiiiiXiXklklccmemnknacbXbcbehXhmm fefmhmohejjehf lllXeeol
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,36,14,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1101 0101 0111010 0111 010 111101001010 11010101 1111 1111110 1111 110101 110101 01010011 01 111111 010111 01010001001 1100110011 10001011101 1101010011 1101010 101 0101 01011100010 11010100101 001101 1001 01001001010 00110010100 01011001010 1101110001 010011010010 1011 101101 11011100 110010011 10010101100 1101010001 1101010101 100001 110001 0100111011 1110110101 01110101 11001010 111 111100101 11010101 101101 0101110011 11 0111010101 110100 1100010101 11010000101 01001001 110000100010 1111001 110100 0100111001 1000101 110111 1101110101 0101010 11011111 0101010001 110101 1101 1101 111100 11011110 010101 111111 110101010 11000101 111101 1101110001 111111 010110 010100 1011110 1011010 1101110111 1011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 649
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, in, or are repeated.

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  • summary of Yellow Clover;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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