This is an analysis of the poem Lake Leman that begins with:

It is the sacred hour: above the far
Low emerald hills that northward fold, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeeeeefcfXbgbgffhhifiiffcfcejeejjkjkgXgcgcbjbj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00010100101 110011101 1001010101 1100101 0111111111 1101010101 0111010101 1101010001 0111010001 0101100101 1111011101 0101010001 110100111 1111110101 1111110101 1001110001 1101110101 1011010100 1110010111 1101110101 0101010011 0101010101 01010101010 01010100010 1111010100 1101101111 11011101 1111011011 1101010001 1111 1101010101 1110010001 110001 1101110101 010111 1111010100 0100010001 0101010101 1011110101 0111010101 110001 0101010111 1101000101 10100010101 001010001001 1101001111 11001000000 1101010111 0101111111 1111010101 1111000101 0101010101 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1084
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lake Leman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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