This is an analysis of the poem The River Of Life that begins with:

Winding—winding to the sea,
Ever on, goeth the river free....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccbbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 10110101 1111111 1111111 10001 1011111 111001001 101111 1011101 1011101 10001000100 1010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; he, and, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word here is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word free at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The River Of Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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