This is an analysis of the poem The Avon that begins with:
WHAT are the Willows whispering in a row,
Nodding their old heads o'er the river's edge? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdcede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11011100001 10111100101 1101110001 1001110101 1101000101 1001011101 1001010001 11010101 1101010101 0111111101 1101010101 11101011101 11111100111 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Avon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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