This is an analysis of the poem The Lay Of The Mountain that begins with:

To the solemn abyss leads the terrible path,
The life and death winding dizzy between;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dbdbee XfXfgg aaaahh ibibee jkjkbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001001101001 0111101001 011001101011 01101001011 111101111001 111111001101 11001001001 111001001011 1111011001001 11101001001 01101111001 101101001001 11001011010 101001001101 101011101001 1010010010001 001101101001 111001011101 111001101011 11001011001 11001101001 01101101101 11001001011 111011111101 11001001001 0010010110010 11001101001 1010010110010 101011011001 111011011001 10101111011 101001001101 01011001001 01001101011 01001111101 111001111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; it, to, and, of, in, no, with are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Lay Of The Mountain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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