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

About the time when bluebells swing
Their elfin belfries for the bee... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbacXdeedADfdXfghhgD fhfhhdhhdf ijXjjhXXhi adaddhjjha kekeebhhbk jbjccffffj DldllhkkhD fmfmmdffdf nhnhXmffmn dkdkkoeeXd iiiiifXpkkpi dmdmmkkkkd kokXoehhek fhfhXqffqf kbkbbrffrk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,12,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011111 11010101 100101001 11011100 11010100 11010101 01011101 10010101 11010101 01011111 11010111 01111111 11000101 11011111 1110011 11010011 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010111 10111101 11100101 11010101 10110111 010100111 11010101 1101111 110101001 111100001 11010101 11110101 010111010 01110010 010001010 10010110 11010101 11010011 10010111 11010101 01001111 11010101 01011101 01010111 10010001 01110101 10010101 010101010 110101010 10110111 11010101 11110111 11111111 11100101 11110101 0101101 11011111 11110001 11110111 11111101 11111101 111101010 11111111 0100011010 11110100 01001100 01110101 1011010010 0111110110 11100101 1100111110 0110101 0110101 01011101 01111001 01001101 11010101 11110001 11010101 11110001 0110101 11000111 01111101 110101001 1100101111 01110101 10011101 1110111 11010101 01110001 1101100111 11000111 10011111 11010011 10011101 11011000 111100101 11011001 11001101 11111111 11010111 10010101 01110101 01110101 01010111 11010101 010100111 11010101 10010001 10111100 01011101 11010111 01010101 10011011 11011111 01000101 11000111 01111101 11011111 010101001 11110101 010100101 11010111 11111111 11010001 11010101 11000101 01000101 11100101 11110111 01110101 10010101 10110111 11110001 11010111 01010111 10011101 01000111 11011101 11011101 01010001 11010101 10011111 10011101 01011001 110101001 11010101 010101000 1111101110 11010001 10010101 100101010 01011101 11110101 11010101 01010101 01011111 11010101 11011011 11010101 01111101 11010101 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • 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; and, my, again, of, her, i, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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