This is an analysis of the poem Vine And Sycamore that begins with:

Here where a tree and its wild liana,
Leaning over the streamlet, grow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd X ccccefef X egeghchc X cfXfcici j gXgXkkkk j cfcfXXcc X cgcgXihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010 10100101 1011010010 10010101 10010011110 11100101 11001001110 11100111 1 1001111010 10100101 10110010010 11100101 111001110 11110101 1101001010 10011101 1 111101110 10110111 10110110 10110101 111001110 100100101 1001010010 10011101 1 111011110 101101001 1111001110 100100101 1101011110 10010101 100101110 110101101 1 1001011111 11110111 1001101011 100110100 1001101010 100110111 10011010010 1011011001 1 1001111110 100110111 11001001110 111111001 11011110110 100110110 0101001010 11100101 1 1101101110 11100111 0001001010 000100101 111011100 11100101 101001010 00100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; with, in, and, he, her, him, soul, his are repeated.

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

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