This is an analysis of the poem Muineen Water that begins with:
I know a small lake that sails the palest shadows,
Trailing their frail keels along its waveless sand;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcdcXabdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110111101011 101110101001 1110111100010 0110011111 111110101010 010111011001 0101011111010 110110010101 11010111010 11111111011 1110001110 01110011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.
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- summary of Muineen Water;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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