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

A hundred autumns fallen in fire
To dust and mould... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacca deedffX ghhgcch XiiXjji ihhieei jffjccj ckkcbbk hkkhllkXhbbhbbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010010 0111 11001101 01110 11011101 01010101 11010 10010101 01101 01110101 1101 10010111 010101001 1000 10011101 0111 110010101 1101 11011101 11110001 0101 11110101 1101 01110101 1110 00111111 10010001 0111 11010101 1011 10010101 1111 0100100100 01111101 0101 10011101 0100 11111111 1101 11010101 10010001 0110 11010101 1101 010010111 0101 01010101 10010101 00101 101100101 01001 11011101 11001 01010011 11011101 1111 01011111 0101 110011001 10001 01010111 11100111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, my are repeated.

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

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