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

LEAN down and see your little face
Reflected in the forest pool, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dXdXdd cececc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 01000101 110010101 01111111 1111011 01011011 11111111 11111111 10110111 01111000 1100101 01101111 11110101 0111101 11001110 111101011 11011101 01110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; your is repeated.

    The author used the same word lean at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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