This is an analysis of the poem The Way Through The Woods that begins with:

They shut the road through the woods
Seventy years ago.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbAaXXaXaA acacabcbbXbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 100001 1011101001 1111101 11101101 0111001 0010101011 1011000 100101 110111 1010111 11101101 1011001 0010101 1011110111 10101001 1111001 011111 1010100101 101001001 1001001 0101000 1111001 0111101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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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