This is an analysis of the poem The Verse Of Coleridge’s ‘christobel’ that begins with:

MARK yon runnel how ’tis flowing,
Like a sylvan spirit dreaming... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeebbffcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 10101010 000111010 10110010 1110101 10011001 01010001 11011001 1010101 10101001 01010101 10011001 10110101 1001101 010001010 11111010 1010101 01110100 11 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Verse Of Coleridge’s ‘christobel’;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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