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

Touched with beauty, I stand still and gaze
In the autumn twilight. Yellow leaves and brown... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc cdcdededeeaafbbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101011111 00101110111 0101011101 01111100101 0101010101 1101110101 1101110101 1011010001 1011011101 1011010111 1101010101 110100101001 01110111001 11011100001 0101100110 11110011101 10110100101 1101010111 0101110111 111110110101 110010111001 0100100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor are repeated.

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