This is an analysis of the poem Repose Of Rivers that begins with:

The willows carried a slow sound,
A sarabande the wind mowed on the mead. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcX ccdceb XcXae fdfXf Xba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01110011 0100011101 1110010 110101000010 11111001 1110100111 1100101 100111001011 1101010101 10111100 010 1111110011 11010010001 1101111 0111011101 10101010111 110001100111 10010111001 0101011101 001101010 11110101 111101001010 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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