This is an analysis of the poem Leudeman's-On-The-River that begins with:

Toward even when the day leans down,
To kiss the upturned face of night, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddC ededcbXC XfgfcbbC ehehcaaC gagacccc ijjicbbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011010111 010100101 11010111 11010101 110100010 011101010 111101010 01001010 01111101 111101110 11111101 010111010 110001010 01111101 11111110 11001010 11101101 01011111 11011101 11111101 110101110 11010111 01111101 11001010 11001111 10010001 01110101 01010111 010111110 01110111 11011111 11001010 11110101 01011101 11110101 10010101 110011010 011101010 1101101110 01001010 11111101 01010101 11110111 11111101 011111110 01010111 11010101 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; so is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word river at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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