This is an analysis of the poem Come Out With Me that begins with:

There's sun on the river and sun on the hill . . .
You can hear the sea if you stand quite still!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb XCXCXd aaee XCdCXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11101011101 1110101111 1111011011 111111001011 1101110100 101101 100110010101110 100111001 1010100 0001010111101 11101011101 10111011001 110111101 111101010001 1101110100 101101 10011010110101 100111001 1010100 0001010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; run, along, there's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there's is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines along is repeated).

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  • summary of Come Out With Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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