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

Who enters here, beneath this guardian shade,
Feels over him a tender sky of leaves... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacXbbca bddbeaaaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101001 1101010101 10110110101 1101001101 01110101001 0101000 010111 1001010011 11011110101 0101010111 1001110101 1110011101 1001011001 0101110100 1011011111 111111 001101 1001110101 00101010011 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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

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