This is an analysis of the poem Eve that begins with:
By water's edge, quiet willows stand,
And from the steep bank, high noon flings...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cXad bddX aXab ecec XfXfXdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110110111 10011111 11010001 101001010 01001101 01010101 01000111 10010111 11000101 10010101 11010111 11001100 01010111 11011101 10010101 01010011 11010111 01011111 11011101 01010101 11101001 01111111 11110001 11011011 11001101 01011101 11010101 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; you, and are repeated.
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