This is an analysis of the poem The Tryst Of The Sachem’s Daughter that begins with:

In the far green depths of the forest glade,
Where the hunter’s footsteps but rarely strayed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccaadd ddeeff ddggaa aahhaa iiggbb aaiiii ggjjkk ffllee bbffjj aaggee mmjjnn hhggffXiiggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011100101 1010111101 101010111 111010111 1111001001 0110110101 1110011101 0011111101 1010101011 1110100101 1011100101 1011100101 10111101011 0100100101 111111101 1110101111 11101011011 1011111011 1010100101 110010111 101011111 1010110101 1011010111 1110110101 01010010101 0010100101 1010110101 0100110101 11111001111 1111111101 1110111011 1110100101 00100100101 0111110101 1100100101 11100101001 01101010111 011100101 11100110101 011110101 1011111101 1010010111 111101101 111110101 1100101001 1110100101 10001011010 11001101010 11101110001 010111111 1101111101 0111000111 1111111101 0010100101 1110111101 00111011101 111010111 1011100101 1110110101 1100101101 1011111101 1111110101 111011101 11001011001 1110110111 1101111111 0111110101 110111111 00100101101 0011100101 110100101 1010001001 1111001001 0111101101 1110010111 110110111 1101001001 1100100101 1101101011 0100100101 1010101101 111100111 1111010101 10101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Tryst Of The Sachem’s Daughter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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