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

HERE, O my heart, let us burn the dear dreams that are dead,
Here in this wood let us fashion a funeral pyre ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111011111 10011110010010 01011011111011 11110011010010 111011111011111 01011001111111 111011001101111 101111101111001 11111111111001 0001001101001 111111111001101 101001001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; here, let, us, we, o, my, heart are repeated.

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

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  • summary of In The Forest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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