This is an analysis of the poem Lines. that begins with:

AFTER A SUMMER'S WALK, IN WHICH MY COMPANION BENT OVER A CLEAR SPRING WHICH GREW TURBID WITHOUT ANY APPARENT CAUSE.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababbcbcbcbcdedeeXeXdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010110101100101111001100101 01110101 010101001 11001101 10110101 11110111 0101001101 11010101 11010111 01110111 11010111 11010111 01010100 11111111 11111101 11010101 010010101 11111111 01011101 10110101 10011100 110010011 11011101 11011101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thy is repeated.

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  • summary of Lines.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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