This is an analysis of the poem The Tree-Toad that begins with:

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Secluded, solitary on some underbough,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XabaabXcb X XdeddefXe X ghghhgaag XXghghhgfcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 010101011100 11000111001 1111010101 0110110101 11001110101 0101010001 01001101100 01110101010 111101 1 11010000100 0111010101 11001010011 1001110111 0101111101 1001010111 0111111101 01010001010 111101 1 1001010111 10110101010 1101111001 10011101010 11010101110 0111010111 0101110100 010110011100 110101 1 1100010111 01011100010 1111010111 101101110010 11100101110 0100000101 0101001111 0101001101 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Tree-Toad;
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