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

When the sun goes down
I have my first drink...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefcacgfaahbffiggfXcdfgibgaXfhe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 11111 10001 100110 010101 1001110 0101110 01100010 1111101 01010111 101100 0101001 11101 100110 101111 010010 1111 1110 10011010 1111001 1000010 11110 11101 10001010 1011010 1101101 110011 0010101 11010 0110111 0010111 11011 101101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 840
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; we is repeated.

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

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