This is an analysis of the poem The Elm that begins with:
O that I had a tongue, that could express
Half of that peace thou ownest, darkling Tree!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccdXd ededffcfX dadaddXdb dcdcddede egeghhihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011101 1011110101 0101000100 1111110101 110101 1111010101 11010101001 10010011110 1101010101 1101110111 01001010101 1111011101 0111110101 010101 1101010111 1101101101 0111010101 1101110100 1101010011 1111111101 1101111101 1001000100 010111 1001111101 10010100100 1011011101 1111011101 0101110011 1011010111 1110100101 1101000101 010011 1101010101 11010101001 1111111101 10110100101 11010101001 1101011111 1101110101 11111100101 110111 1101010101 1111010101 0111111111 1000011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; that, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Elm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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