This is an analysis of the poem The Well that begins with:
At sixteen I believed the moonlight
could change me if it would....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaaXb bcXXXXXb Xddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101011 111001 1111 101010111 10110 101010 110100100 10111010 11110 1100 100011011 1010101 110110 11111 01111011 111011001 1110101100 1011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Well;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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