This is an analysis of the poem By The Pool Of The Third Rosses that begins with:

I heard the sighing of the reed
In the grey pool in the green land, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba Cdbd Cebe CbfbXcfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 00110011 011001110 01011101 11010001 11011101 110101110 11011101 11010001 11011101 110111110 11111101 11010001 1101110 111111010 11000100 11010001 00010001 111111010 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; in, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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