This is an analysis of the poem The August Weeds that begins with:

I wandered between woods
On a grassy down, when still... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb deXe afff XXXg hghg ghXh fhih bdXd ghah cifX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 1010111 11101 101011 0101110 01011 10110100 111 111101 010011 110011 10101 1001100 011001 1010100 00101 110101 111011 0101001 10101 100111 11101 0100010 1001 001010 01101 110111 00101 1010110 1001010 10101 101110 110100 1111 11011 11111 100101 11111 10101 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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