This is an analysis of the poem The Youth By The Brook that begins with:

Beside the brook the boy reclined
And wove his flowery wreath,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXX bdbdeXeX fgfghahX ciciagaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1101001 10010101 011101 10111011100 111101 111100101 1111100 101110111 110111 01011111 1010101 01010101 0101010 11010111 11010100 101010111 00101001 110110101 011101 11111111 010101 11010101 01010000 101111101 111101 0101000111 011111 11010101 110101 01011101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Youth By The Brook;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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