This is an analysis of the poem Down Stream that begins with:

BETWEEN Holmscote and Hurstcote
The river-reaches wind,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababcbcXdXdbdXdXebefcfcXbfbgdgdXdXdcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110110 010101 010010101 010111 01110101 0100101 01110101 111101 0110110 010101 11111101 111101 01010101 010101 0100111100 111101 0110110 0101001 110011101 111111 01010101 010101 0100100111 101101 0110110 010101 01010111 110101 01010111 011101 01010101 101101 0110110 01110110 01111101 1111010 01110101 011101 01010101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 222
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; with is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, with are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase two connects the lines.

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