This is an analysis of the poem The Power Of Song that begins with:

The foaming stream from out the rock
With thunder roar begins to rush,--...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdee fgfhifiXhh fgfgjkjkcc hlglmnmneeXlclclklkmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01010101 01110101 11010101 010010101 010010001 01011101 11110001 11111101 01010101 01001101 11111100 11010101 10010111 01110101 11010101 11000101 110100100 11010111 110111001 11010101 011111000 01010101 01010100 11110001 01010101 11010101 10110101 10010101 11011101 10110101 11010101 11010100 01010101 01010101 11010001 110101101 11110101 11010101 11011101 110111010 11000101 010101010 11000101 100101010 01011101 111110010 110100101 01010101 01011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, he are repeated.

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

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