This is an analysis of the poem Under The Pine that begins with:
To the memory of Henry Timrod
The same majestic pine is lifted high... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbcc ddedff bbffdd gghhbb ddiijj bbkkee iijjXf ddggjj aXllii aaXamm ccnnggXjjjjjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010001010 0101010101 010111 0111010101 010101 1111111101 011111 11111100111 011111 11010001110 110111 10110111001 110101 1101011101 110101 1101011111 110101 10111100101 010101 1101110111 010111 11011011101 010111 0101010101 110011 1011110111 011101 110101011010 1011010 1111110101 110101 1111010101 1101001 1101010011 111101 101101010010 0101010 1101111101 110101 11010011101 010101 110011111100 1101001 1101110111 010101 1111010111 011111 1101011101 110111 1111011101 110100 1101011101 110101 0100010101 1100111 1101010111 1001111 1101111111 110101 1011011101 101101 1101110101 1101001 1101110101 111101 1101010101 110101 110010011101 110101 11110101001 010101 1111011101 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of, and, no, still, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, passes are repeated.
The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase still connects the lines.
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