This is an analysis of the poem The Lost Rivers that begins with:

Far down from the thunder
And rush of the street,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBXBcdDd aeaeXfXf XXXcXgcg chchhiXi gBXBXdDd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 11001 110110 11011 111111 11011 110010 01001 1110010 11011 110010 11101 011110 01101 010010 01001 1110010 11001 011110 10011 011010 01001 110110 11001 1110110 110001 110110 11101 011110 11011 1010010 11011 110010 11001 110110 11011 010110 10011 110010 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 words the, and are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Lost Rivers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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