This is an analysis of the poem Eastern River that begins with:
Do not look for the stones
in water above the mud,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbXc ddcaXbeXc aXaeX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,5,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 0100101 0101 11001110 010010 011 0110110101 100111110 001 01001110 11010 01010 010101 010110 01001 10101010 101 1010010010 1111 1110 10101 010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Eastern River;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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