This is an analysis of the poem A Coign Of The Forest that begins with:

The hills hang woods around, where green, below
Dark, breezy boughs of beech-trees, mats the moss,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabbabb bbXbbcbXc debdebdeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111011101 1101011101 1001010111 0101111101 0111010101 1101010101 0101111001 1111010101 0111110001 1101011111 0101110100 11111010100 0101010101 0111011111 0110010101 1101010111 0101010111 0111010101 1111011111 1011000101 111101111 0111010101 1101111001 00100100001 1101110001 1100011101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of A Coign Of The Forest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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