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

Sylvan, they say, and nymph are gone;
And yet I saw the two last night,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc ccccbb deedff ghhgcd ijjikk chhcgg lmmlcc bhhbbb caacggXaaaakk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 11110111 11010111 11010111 111110001 11010101 01010111 11011101 11010101 01000100 1101101 11011101 01111101 01010111 101010101 11000101 11110001 01010111 11000101 11010111 01000111 00110101 01011101 01011101 11110111 01010101 10011101 11010101 11010100 11001100 1111011 01010101 01011101 11010111 11111101 111000101 1101001 11011001 11010101 110101001 10011101 01010001 11010111 11110111 10011101 01010101 11111111 01100101 10011111 11111001 00010001 11010101 11010101 01010101 11011111 11111101 11011101 00110111 10011100 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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