This is an analysis of the poem The Brook-Song that begins with:
Little brook! Little brook!
You have such a happy look--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaccc dXbXeebe ffgfggg ddXXccec hhchiiii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 1110101 101010101111 111 1110111 1110111 1101010001 101101 101010 11000101110 100 011101 0011101 10101111 111 101101 0011101 101010100110 111 1010111 1010100 1101110101 111101 1010111 11011100110 100 1010101 0110001 101001101 11 101111 1110101 111010101110 101 111111 1010101 110101110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word little at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Brook-Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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