This is an analysis of the poem The Tree: An Old Man's Story that begins with:
I
Its roots are bristling in the air ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccaa X ddeeaa X ffggah X ccaaaX a ffffhX a XXccaX X XfaaaX X iiffaa X eeffaX X bbXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 011100001 11111101 01110111 10111101 1101 111101 1 01111101 01111001 111100101 11010101 1101 101111 1 11111110 11111111 01110111 11110001 1101 101100 1 101010101 11110101 111101111 101101101 1101 100110 1 101010101 01011101 11011111 01110101 1110 1111110 1 11010101 11111100 011100111 01110101 101011 1011100 1 101011111 01111111 11110111 11011111 1101 111101 1 101111101 01110001 11111101 11010001 1111 110101 1 101111111 11111110 11010101 11011111 1101 11001010 1 10110101 11110111 110011111 11110111 1011 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, but are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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