This is an analysis of the poem Eliza Crossing The River that begins with:

From her resting-place by the trader chased,
Through the winter evening cold,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dece aXcX Xbab bfXf edXd bbeb Xcbc agag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0010110101 1010101 010100111 1011101 110010101 1010111 101010111 1110101 11010101 1011111 101011101 1010111 01010111 0010111 11111101 10101010 0010100101 110101 101110101 0011101 110010101 010111 110011101 010101 11011101 1101111 101010101 1100101 001110101 1100101 11010001 110101 01011011 1011111 111010101 011001 010111111 1101111 111100101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 Eliza Crossing The River;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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