This is an analysis of the poem Evening Waterfall that begins with:
What is the name you called me?--
And why did you go so soon?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB XX cXc XcXAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 1101111 01111101 10111110 010110101 0101010 0101010101 101100010011 11101010101 1001111 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word across is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Evening Waterfall;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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