This is an analysis of the poem The Ragged Wood that begins with:
O HURRY where by water among the trees
The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXbXbcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011100101 010010110101 11111011100 1111011111 1111110101 1101110001 1011100101 1111011111 1100010111 1011110111 1110011101 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
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