This is an analysis of the poem When You See Water that begins with:

When you see water in a stream
you say: oh, this is stream...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbXbcbcXXcaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 111001 10 111100010 1110010 0010 11110 10 1100010 10 1100010011 1001 11101 01001010 10010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, water are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of When You See Water;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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