This is an analysis of the poem Come To The Greenwood Tree that begins with:

Come to the greenwood tree,
Come where the dark woods be,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaB cccB dddBXaaaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 110110 101101 111111111 1101110 1011110 1001010 111111111 100111 101101 111101 111111111 100111 100101 100101 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; come, o, my are repeated.

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

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Come To The Greenwood Tree;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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