This is an analysis of the poem The Spice-Tree that begins with:

This is the song
The spice-tree sings:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXXdebe bffdebaa cdXddX bbXbXfedebdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001 0111 100110 10110 1110 101000 10011 111 1010 1111 0111 10111 100101111 1111 10101 0111 101010 1101101010 01110 0101 10010 1101 11101 111010 0100110010 0101001010 11011111 1101010010 1111 01101 0010010101 010101101 1010011101 0110011111 110100111 110011101 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, day, of are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fire, day are repeated).

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  • summary of The Spice-Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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