This is an analysis of the poem Tree, Old Tree Of The Triple Crook that begins with:

Tree, Old Tree of the Triple Crook
And the rope of the Black Election,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXbX dbeXfcXX XghgXXeX hhbhbifi afefXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 101001010 10100110111 11001010 11110100101 10101101 1011111001 1011101 111100101 101001010 111000101101 11101100 11111100111 1111111 111010111 1011111 111100101 10111010 10101111111 11111110 111010001010 1010101 11010100111 00100101 111100101 10101111 110100101 11001111 1110111101 11100111 11101001001 0010101 111100101 10111110 10101001001 101001110 110100101 111011 11101001110 00100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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