This is an analysis of the poem The Fountain Of Blood that begins with:

A fountain's pulsing sobs--like this my blood
Measures its flowing, so it sometimes seems....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba aXXX bac bXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101011011 1001010011 1101010101 1011110101 11011101110 101111101 1101011111 10010101100 1101111111 1101110101 1101010101 1101011101 111001001 11001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is 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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  • summary of The Fountain Of Blood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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