This is an analysis of the poem Hepaticas that begins with:

LOIS, alone I’ve walked the way
By Talking Brook to Fairy Falls... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dcdXe Xeefe fXgXg dhdhh ihijbXjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011101 11010101 11010101 10111111 10010111 11110101 11010101 01110011 111100011 11011101 11011110 11011111 11011101 01011101 11111101 11111001 110110101 11011110 010111010 111101101 11110101 10110101 11111111 011111001 10110101 01110101 10111101 01111111 01100011 11110111 11011101 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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

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