This is an analysis of the poem By Loe Pool that begins with:

The pool glitters, the fishes leap in the sun
With joyous fins, and dive in the pool again; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXbbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01100101001 01011100101 11010110100 1011010010111 10110101100 11010111101 11111001101 110101010101 001010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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