This is an analysis of the poem The Banyan Tree that begins with:

O you shaggy-headed banyan tree standing on the bank of the pond,
have you forgotten the little chile, like the birds that have...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXaXbXcXadbXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101010110101001 110100101010111 100110111 11101011110101101 01001111101 01011011100111 1111110101011100 011 11110101101010 1010100 111101010011111 0111111 110001111110 10001111100011010 000111111011011 110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 847
  • Average number of words per stanza: 154
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Banyan Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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