This is an analysis of the poem Rushing To Hug A Tree that begins with:

I could If I wanted,
To be stuck in deep stuff....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdcd ebadfggdh i ABdfX bfjX fXcgifXgdgi dXXhX iiXjecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,1,5,4,11,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 001011 0110101 1011101101 11011010 11101 111110 10100110001 11001010101 110010111101 1111 1110101010 11 011101 111 101011010 110110 001011 1001010101 011101 111101 1011111 100101 1000011 110100 011101001 0101000 101101010 1010110 01001100 0010000101 1 101001111 101101 0101010100 11111010100 110100101010 1 1 11 1110101000 11 10101101110 1 101110 1100101101010110 11111010010101 11111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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  • summary of Rushing To Hug A Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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