This is an analysis of The Lure Of Trees by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

I honour all trees well; but, best of all,
I love those scarred old veterans, proud and tall,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddeeaXff gggghhcc iifXaXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1101111101 11111100111 1001000101 0111010111 1001010101 0101100101 0101011011 01011010101 1101011111 1111010101 1001110101 1111110101 10010010101 0111011110 1001010001 011001000111 1100011001 1101011101 0101110111 1101111101 0111011011 1101010101 1110010011 1101011111 11110101110 10010111010 1111110101 1111110100 1011011101 1101111111 1111011101 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

of, with

Anaphora

i, well, and