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

The glorying forest shakes and swings with glancing
Of boughs that dip and strain; young, slanting sprays ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bedbed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 01010111010 0111111101 10111101010 1011110101 1001111111 1101010101 1101010101 11010101001 11001101110 11010011111 11010010111 00110100010 1111010111 1001110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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, your are repeated.

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

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