This is an analysis of the poem Green Mountain that begins with:

You ask me why I dwell in the green mountain;
I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111100110 11111011110101 1011011110100001 110101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Green Mountain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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