This is an analysis of the poem Blackcurrant River that begins with:

Blackcurrant river rolls unknown in strange valleys;
the voices of a hundred rooks go with it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaX ccXcd XXabd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100101010110 01000101100 0101001010 001100011 1100111 10110010010001011 0111000101 0001111111 01100101 1101010 101001111000 10101110 10101011 101011010101010 10100011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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