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

Splendours of sunset burned upon the ground,
As from the lane's deep shade... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbXcXdcd cacaeeceece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001110101 100111 0100110111 100101 1001010101 1101110101 1110010001 01001010111 1100111100 11010101010 1101110101 01011101010 1001110111 1100001 0101010101 1100101 0101010101 01010110011 1101000111 1111011101 0101001111 11011111010 1001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 453
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of The Oak;
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  • history of its creation;
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