This is an analysis of the poem To A River In Which A Child Was Drowned that begins with:

Smiling river, smiling river,
On thy bosom sun-beams play;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcXc bdXd eeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1110111 11101010 1110111 01100110 10011101 1011100 1110101 1010010100 1110101 11100010 1010101 10101010 1110001 11101100 0010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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