This is an analysis of the poem Red Maples that begins with:
IN the last year I have learned
How few men are worth my trust;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccXXddeeffXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0011111 1111111 1110111 1110001 11110101 11110111 111101111 11101100 11111111 1110110111 110101001 11100101 1101001010 1111001010 111100101 10110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 543
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, what are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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