This is an analysis of the poem The Water-Nymph that begins with:

In lakeside leafy groves, a friar
Escaped all worries; there he passed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede fghgifif djdjklml hkhkkckc bllldcdc klklaXahXbelemlkl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011101010 01110111 01010101 11010101 010001010 01010101 110101010 11010011 110101011 11010101 010100010 01110101 010101110 11010101 010111010 1101011 110101010 01110101 110101010 11001101 111110010 11010101 110111010 01010101 110111010 01110101 110111010 10110101 010111110 11011001 110111010 00110101 011111110 11110111 010111110 01000101 011101011 01110101 110101010 01010111 111101110 11010101 100101010 11110101 110011010 11110101 110101010 11010100 101101010 11010101 010001011 11110001 110001010 11110101 010101010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, on are repeated.

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

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