This is an analysis of the poem There Is A Forest Existing Amongst The Trees that begins with:

This life is mine and not yours to ride.
Get off my back....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD eebeb fddXe eeb ABCDfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111101 1111 1111111 11010111 0101111001 101101011010 10001011101 111111 110101111 10111011 101000100 11101001 0101011011 1111001 111110001010 0100100 111111110 010111101 1111 1111111 11010111 1000101 100100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of There Is A Forest Existing Amongst The Trees;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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