Yew-Trees by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Yew-Trees that begins with:

There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale,
Which to this day stands single, in the midst... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbacXXdXcaaXXXeXfdXdXafXeaXebdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110101 1001110001 0011010101 1101010101 0100110111 0101111101 1111011100 01110010110 010101101 0101010101 0111010001 0111110100 00011100101 1101010100 1011010101 11111100101 0100010101 110110000100 1101010011 1100010101 0111010111 1100010101 01000011101 0110110101 0100010101 11110111001 1011110100 1101110101 100100101010 0101010101 0101010101 0111000101 10001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 225
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, or, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of Yew-Trees;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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