This is an analysis of the poem Willow Wood that begins with:

Deep in the wood of willow-trees
The summer sounds and whispering breeze... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXaa X bbabaa X ccdXdd X eebebb f ggfgff f aaXaaa X bbhbhh X ddadaa X iiaiaa j jjkjXk f ddbdbb X dXddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 010111001 111001001 11011100 11010101 11101101 1 01011111 0010011101 11011001 11110101 010001001 100111001 1 11111100 11101100 01000101 01011100 01011101 11110111 1 10011001 01011100 11011111 111111001 10111101 11010101 1 11011111 10010011 11110101 11011101 110001001 11010101 1 11110101 11010101 1001100100 101111001 11011101 01111101 1 11011101 110111001 10110101 11110101 11000101 101101001 1 11110111 01010111 11010101 11100101 100101001 11110001 1 1101001001 01110001 100111101 11001101 110011001 100110101 1 11000101 11110101 01111111 110111001 100111010 01111101 1 01111101 11011111 10010101 11111101 11010111 00110101 1 11101101 11000100 01011101 11010101 1110100 01000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, their, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Willow Wood;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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