This is an analysis of the poem We Go No More To The Forest that begins with:

WE go no more to the forest,
The rimus are all cut down. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb Abddb Abeeb Abffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110010 0101111 1110011111 0011100111 0010001 11110010 0101111 1110011111 10111101 100101 11110010 0101111 1111101111 1010110111 1111101 11110010 1111111 11101101101 1011100101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word town at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of We Go No More To The Forest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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