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

In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddXXee aafff gghhee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010111 01001101 01111101 11010100 00110111 101111001 11011101 01111011 1010111 1000100 1111101 00100011 1110111 1010001 010101001 11111001 11110101 11011001 10010101 11111101 0010100 11010111 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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