This is an analysis of the poem On The Edge Of An Old Water that begins with:

Dark interpretation of the water: stars in the mouth of the night,
Sighing in black pillows the rosy shadow of man,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101000101001001 1001100101101 1001001000100011 1010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in are repeated.

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  • summary of On The Edge Of An Old Water;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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