This is an analysis of the poem The Word In The Wood that begins with:

The acorn-oak
Sullens to sombre crimson all its leaves;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcacdd X eccfefcc X cccbcXff X cbbcccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 100110101 110101 0101110101 01110010101 01011100101 0101010111 01010101011 1 1111 1101000101 110101 1101011111 0101110111 0101110101 1111011111 1101011111 1 1101 01011000101 010101 0101110101 0101011111 0111110100 1100001111 0100110101 1 1101 0100111101 1100001 1101111111 0110011101 0101110101 0101011101 0111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, me, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase believed connects the lines.

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