This is an analysis of the poem The Charcoal-Burner's Hut that begins with:

Deep in a valley, green with ancient beech,
And wandered through of one small, silent stream,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcXddXbXc ebfggXcXghX XdifXXgXhccXhedceibha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 1101011101 1111100111 1101010101 1101011101 1111010100 100110011101 1101011101 0101010101 0111011101 10011111111 0111101111 0101110001 1101010101 11010101001 1100010111 0111010111 0111011101 1011011111 0101011111 11011000101 0101111101 0111000 1010 1011011101 1001011101 0111010111 100110101101 0111010000 0001010101 1001110111 01111101010 0100111101110 1101010101 1010011101 0111111101 11010110101 01110010100 1001010110 0111010101 1101111101 0111011101 11010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 446
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases toil, alone connect the lines.

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