This is an analysis of the poem Under The Cedarcroft Chestnut that begins with:

Trim set in ancient sward, his manful bole
Upbore his frontage largely toward the sky.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac dede fcfb ghXh diXi dddd XjhjXgbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 10010100101 1111111101 1101010100 111001111001 1100011101 0111010100 0101011101 0101011111 01010111100 01010101001 0111010111 1101110101 01011000111 0101010101 11001010001 1101110101 01010010101 0111110101 111100111101 1111110111 0101011101 1111010111 11000100111 110101001010 1111010111 10111000101 1101010011 0111010111 1100111101 11110100101 0101001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; his, and, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Under The Cedarcroft Chestnut;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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