This is an analysis of the poem To A Solitary Fir—tree that begins with:

Fir, that on this moor austere,
Without kin or neighbour near,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeffggffddhhbbiiccjjbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 0111101 10011101 10011011 1000111 1110110 11001101 1010101 1010001 0011001 1011101 1110101 1111111 11110101 11110101 11011011 11011101 010010101 010000101 1111110 00110101 1010101 10010101 1100100001 0111101 11001101 0111101 1110111 0110011 1101111 01011111 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1059
  • Average number of words per stanza: 185
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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