This is an analysis of the poem St. Ame that begins with:

A SUNNY glade below the bridge;
Clear shadows branching through a stream;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcc dedeeff fgfgghh cicXibb jcjcckk fdfddXf ekekkff lklkkll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11110101 01010001 01011011 011001 10010101 01010101 110100101 01011111 01010111 01000101 010111 11011111 11011101 10110111 100011111 01010101 11010101 011101 11010111 10010111 11010111 01011111 111110001 01010110 110111 01011111 11011001 10110101 110011101 01000101 01001111 110101 11110111 10011101 111101011 100011101 110111101 100111001 111100 11010101 11110111 110101011 11110101 11010111 01000101 0110011 01110101 11110111 010100110 110100111 011100111 01001101 011101 01110111 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of St. Ame;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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