This is an analysis of the poem Avenue In Savernake Forest that begins with:

How soothing sound the gentle airs that move
The innumerable leaves, high overhead,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXdbeafegXgXbdhgcdhXeXXgfbbdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 00100011101 1101001101 1101010101 111101 0101 0101111101 1001010101 1101110111 1101110111 1100000101 1101010100 1101011101 01001110100 1101010101 1011010 111 00110010101 1101010101 010010101010 1011110101 101110011 0111000101 010 1111101 1001010001 0101011001 1111010101 0100110111 1011010101 11001011101 0101011101 11010010101 11011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 233
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Avenue In Savernake Forest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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