This is an analysis of the poem To The Willow-Tree that begins with:

Thou art to all lost love the best,
The only true plant found,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb bcbc cdcdXbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 010111 100111110 110111 11010101 110101 11110101 1000111 10010101 110100 11111101 010101 11011101 110001 01111111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

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