This is an analysis of the poem A Forest Idyl that begins with:
Beneath an old beech-tree
They sat together,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAbcccb X ddddeeXd X fgfgXhhg X didXjjji a fbfbXhhb a AXAhhhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 11010 1101011 01010 110111 110101 011101 110010 1 110100 0110 110101 10110 111111 1000101 110111 11110 1 100111 11110 101101 01110 01110 011111 11001 01010 1 110111 11110 1111 011100 111001 010101 1111010 01110 1 1111001 11010 010101 11010 010110 110111 1100011 11110 1 011111 11010 1101011 11010 110111 011111 011111 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 words a, all, of are repeated.
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- summary of A Forest Idyl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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