This is an analysis of the poem My Lady Is Compared To A Young Tree that begins with:

When I see a young tree
In its white beginning,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbcXcXcXaXdXecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 001010 011 111 10101 001010 001011 111110 110101 101110 00101110 1010001 10011 111010 10111 0101110 0101010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 428
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; white is repeated.

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

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