This is an analysis of the poem The Apple Orchard that begins with:

Come let us watch the sun go down
and walk in twilight through the orchard's green....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXdaXddeXXbacb Xffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 1101110101 1011101111 0101110011 11000101011 11010010101 1001010001 1110011101 10001110101 10100101010 1110010101 1100100010 10101010101 1010001110 1010101010 1111111100 1010100110 1100110011 0101110001 0100110110 1100011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to is repeated.

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

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

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