This is an analysis of the poem Here They Trysted, And Here They Strayed that begins with:

Here they trysted, here they strayed,
In the leafage dewy and boon,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdX bbbbbcbc dbdbecec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 00101011 100111001 1011101 101101 1010001 10100101 1111101 100111001 1010111 10010001 1011101 111111 1010001 11111001 1111101 11110001 0010111 1111011 1011101 101101 1010001 1010111 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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