This is an analysis of the poem The Hall And The Wood that begins with:

’Twas in the water-dwindling tide
When July days were done,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede baba cfcf agag caca abab baba haha eaea dada dada ebeb aaaa eiei jbjb eaea dada ckck aiai acaX Xaba eiei XbXb dada lklk kaka jiXi dXdb mama gbmb aeae agag XaXa ieie jcjc gngn hbhb afXf adadXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101001 101101 110100101 00100001 11011101 110101 01010111 010101 11011101 111101 11011001 111101 11100111 110001 11010101 111101 01111111 1100101 11111111 110111 11011111 110101 101011101 110101 11111101 111101 110110101 1101011 110110111 010111 1100100111 110101 11110101 1110110 110011101 1110101 11111111 110101 11110101 1100111 11011101 110101 11110111 1011101 11010111 111111 11010111 010101 110100011 1110111 101110101 1111101 11010101 010101 11010101 010101 01010111 111111 111110111 010101 01010111 010101 01110101 110111 010100101 1101000 01110101 01101 11000111 101101 11010111 110101 11010101 111101 10110101 010111 11011101 1100111 11110111 010101 11011101 010101 1001011 111111 01110111 110111 101010101 0101110 11011001 11011 11110101 100001 11010111 1100001 11011101 0011001 10010111 1110101 101010110 1011111 11110101 111101 11011111 1001101 11110111 110001 11111001 111111 11010101 110111 11010101 1100101 11011111 1011111 11111110 1011101 11110111 1010110 111100111 110111 11011101 0011101 110100101 010101 010011101 111111 110010101 111100 10010111 1011101 110100111 010111 0111110111 1110101 110100011 110101 1100100111 100111 11110101 011101 01011101 110101 1110010111 111111 001111111 1011101 11111101 110111 110100111 111111 0010011111 111111 11010111 110101 11111111 1011111 10101010101 110111 11110110 1110101 111010101 110111 1011010101 1110101 1111011001 110101 1110101001 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 168
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, rode, his, to, of, him, white are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words then, he, him, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of The Hall And The Wood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by William Morris