This is an analysis of the poem Childe Waters that begins with:
Childe Waters in his stable stoode
And stroakt his milke-white steede; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX Xbcb deXX XbFb XXFX XfFX XbFX XXXX XXDX gbgb XbaX eXXX eaXX dhgX gXdX eXXX dXeX dbgb GXih GXiX DXXh DXXX JkIk JXIX jXjb XXDX ciXX cibX gbcb gXXXXX gXXXXX dXlX gblb cblX gblX EXEX XXdX hgeX XXdX iegX eXXX gXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000101 110111 0101111 1101101 101110110 1011111 110011111 011111 11001101 111111 11010011 0101110 1010111011 111111 1111011011 101101 1010111011 111111 1111011011 1111110 1101110111 110011 11111011011 111111 1111011100 110011 11111011011 0101101 110101111 100011 01011111 101101 1111111 111101 110111110 111111 110111110 111101 11111101 110111 111111010 110111 111111011 1111111 110111101 1100101 11110110001 01100110 110111101 11001001 11110110001 0111110 110111110 111111 01101111 11101 1111101010 1101010 11011110 11001110 111100101 110001 101010011 1111010 01101101 111101 110101001 011101 111100101 111001 111101110 110111 11110110 011101 01011101 010011 11110110 011101 111011101 010011000 11011110 011101 11101010 10111 11011110 011101 11101010 1011000 11011100 010101 11001011 1101001 11011100 010101 11001011 110101 111011010 1001011 11010110 110101 11010011 010110 110111110 1101101 1011101011 1111111 0100100101 1101110 1011101011 1111111 010100101 11101010 1111101001 011111 1111011011 110111 11100101 110001 01011111 101101 11010111 1100010 10010001 110001 01011111 11000101 11010011 110001 11110110 111111 110110101 1111010 11011110 110111 01011101 1101101 111111011 111111 11110011 010110100 1110110 1101111 11100011 010101010 110100101 11001 110100101 111101 11100101 111101 11111110 1001101 10110001 11011 1111010001 1011100 1111101 1010101 111110101 1011111 111100101 111101 11110110 111010 11101111 10111 11110001 11011010 110111110 100111 101010101 1101110
- Amount of stanzas: 42
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 172
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, of, her, and, on, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sayes, of, and are repeated.
The author used the same words 'if, shee, 'seest, 'i, there, 'it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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