This is an analysis of the poem The Lowest Trees Have Tops that begins with:

The lowest trees have tops, the ant her gall,
The fly her spleen, the little spark his heat,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 0101010101 1101111111 1111111011 11111111001 1101010101 1101011101 0101110101 0101000101 0101011111 1111111101 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Lowest Trees Have Tops;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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