This is an analysis of the poem Wisteria that begins with:

The first purple wisteria
I recall from boyhood hung ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXccdabXecafXgbegfdhhcdgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110100 1010111 101011010 0010111 10101100 11011010 11111111 0101110 100010001 0110010001 0110001 11010111 11010110 1111011 111011001 100010101 1001111 11010 1110110 1011001 1111001 111101 01010110 100110010 01101110 101111 1101010 0011001 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 918
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Wisteria;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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