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

They hide in the brook when I seek to draw nearer,
Laughing amain when I feign to depart;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011110110 1010111001 10110111110 1001111001 1110011110 1101101101 10111011110 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, voice are repeated.

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