This is an analysis of the poem The Enchanted Lake that begins with:

I found a dark enchanted lake,
That lay within a lonely glade;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXeccecfeXXaccXbgXg bhhhiXdXbfXfbfbfadcdegfgaiciafif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11110101 10110111 01010101 11111001 01010101 11010101 011100100 10110101 110010101 01010001 01010101 11100101 11010101 11110001 11010110 11110101 11011101 11011101 10011001 11111111 11010101 10110111 01010101 10111111 11011101 11101101 101111000 11110011 01011101 01010101 01010001 11111101 11010101 11110001 11110101 10110001 11010010 11110111 11010101 01110101 11110101 10110011 11111101 11010101 11010111 11010111 11111111 11011101 01110101 11011101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 971
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.

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

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