This is an analysis of the poem The Green Linnet that begins with:

BENEATH these fruit-tree boughs that shed
Their snow-white blossoms on my head,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb cccdeeed fXfcgggc ffXbffXb Xfffdddf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111111 11110111 01011111 0110010 00010111 01011101 111101101 1111010 111101001 01010001 10110101 0101110 11001101 01010101 11010001 1001010 111101110 11110100 110111010 1101010 01010101 100110011 11010101 1011010 01110101 11000101 01110100 1101010 11010001 01011101 11110100 1101110 110111100 01000101 11100101 1101010 10110101 11110001 01011101 11000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of The Green Linnet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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