This is an analysis of the poem Romancing The Bark Of A Tree that begins with:

Romancing the bark of a tree.
Covering the many rings of its existence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX baXX bbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001001 100010100010 11001000101 111011010110 11101001111 1101011111111 100100001001011010 11100110100100 010101101101000 001000010100100101 010100100111010 11010010010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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 word a is repeated.

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  • summary of Romancing The Bark Of A Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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