This is an analysis of the poem The River that begins with:
It is a venerable place,
An old ancestral ground,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcbadedfdcgcgcghcicbcjjfjcjckikbkclflllmgfgXgcgXgbgngbgdgigagoggomXcojdhdfddcbcnccnjnlngimigigbabcbodbdcdpGQGAGnrfrmriohodoagqgrglbbbgb mgmgogjGQGAGnnananoiginiXqiqaqgibiciilglclmgdgigcrbrdrcbibhbamjmcmehghph
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 138,72,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010001 110101 11011101 010101 11010111 1100101 01011101 110101 11001101 110101 10010100 110101 01010101 010111 01010101 110001 01110101 010001 01010101 010101 11010111 010100 11010101 010101 01010101 010111 01110100 011101 01010101 010001 11010101 1011010 10110100 1101010 01010101 0100010 01010111 101101 11010100 110101 111010111 011101 11010111 010111 11111100 110101 01111101 010001 010111010 011101 01110100 010101 01010101 110111 01110101 110111 01011101 110101 11110111 000101 11011101 010101 10010101 011101 10010101 100101 11110101 110101 01011101 101111 11010101 101101 01000101 101101 01010101 010101 01011100 111111 11100101 011111 11010101 111111 11011101 010101 01010101 0100101 10010101 010101 11111111 010001 11110101 110011 11010101 0100111 01010101 111101 10111101 110101 11011111 010101 11011111 011111 01011111 111101 01110101 110101 01110111 110101 01010101 010101 01010111 111101 11000100 110101 11000111 110101 01010100 010101 101110001 1011111 0111011 0100101 11011101 100101 01110101 010111 01110111 110101 11111101 010111 01110101 110101 11110111 100101 01111111 110101 11011111 100111 01100101 111111 11011111 011101 11010101 110101 01011011 010101 01010111 111101 11000100 110101 01110101 010101 10010101 111101 11010101 1010101 11010101 010111 01011100 010111 11110101 100101 01110101 100101 01000111 100101 01010101 0101001 01001110 011101 01110101 110101 11011111 010101 01010101 010101 01010101 100101 11011101 100101 01110101 010101 10110101 100101 01011111 010101 01010101 010101 01010101 110001 11100101 011101 01010111 110001 01111101 010111 1111001001 100101 10110101 010101 11010101 010111 10010101 1100001 11011101 110101 11010111 100101 101010101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3281
- Average number of words per stanza: 588
- Amount of lines: 210
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, now, wake are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase loves connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The River;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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