This is an analysis of The Hemlock Tree. (From The German) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
O Hemlock tree! O hemlock tree! how faithful are thy branches!
Green not alone in summer time,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXa BccB DaaD effe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111111111101110 11010101 10010111 111111111101110 110111011100110 01100100 11100100 110111011100110 010001001111010 11110111 10010101 010001001111010 0111011101001111 01111101 010011101 011101110100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
o, tree, hemlock, maiden, fair, nightingale, brook, meadow
Anaphora
o, the
