This is an analysis of the poem The Sound Of Trees that begins with:

I wonder about the trees.
Why do we wish to bear...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacdcabedefdbfdbbccbgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 111101 0100101 110101 1101101 1100101 11111001 1100011 101001001 11111010 110101 11111110 10110110 110101 111101 11110110 0111111 0010101 1111111 1110101 1111101 1101101 0111001 111101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 716
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Sound Of Trees;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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