This is an analysis of the poem Meeting In The Woods that begins with:

Through ferns and moss the path wound to
A hollow where the touchmenots... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaba bcbbcb dedXed bfbbfb gbggbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 01010100 11010101 111111001 11111001 11111111 01010100 11011100 01010111 11110101 11011101 011101011 11010101 11010101 01111111 11010100 11010111 01110111 11111101 10010101 10010101 11001101 11001101 11010101 11111101 11110101 01110100 11001101 11010001 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; that, her, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Meeting In The Woods;
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