This is an analysis of the poem The Curse Of Mother Flood that begins with:

Wizened the wood is, and wan is the way through it;
White as a corpse is the face of the fen;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefadadababegeg agagababXhXh aXaXafafdhdh aaaaijijadad ababaaaaaaaa XfXXaeaeakak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101100110 1101001001 101100101110 1011011001 100100101100 1011011011 111100110100 1001001001 101100110100 1101011001 111101100100 10101001001 100101101110 1001101011 100100100110 1101001011 110110110100 1001101001 100111100100 1011011011 110100100110 1011001101 100110100110 1001011001 100111100100 1101001001 100100100100 1101001001 1011001000110 1001001011 100100100110 1101101101 110111101100 1011001001 000100101100 1001011001 111110100100 1011001010 110101100100 1001011111 111101100100 1100011001 100110100100 1001101011 101101110101 1101001011 111101101101 1101101001 100100100110 1001001001 101100100110 1011001101 110001100100 1011111011 100100100100 11010001011 101100110100 1111001001 100110110100 1011101011 100101100100 1011001001 101110100100 1001011011 100101110110 1011011011 110101100110 1011101001 100101000110 1011011001 100101100110 1001101011 10101001101000 1011011001 101100100110 10011001101 100100100110 1101001001 10010010110 1001011001 100110100100 1001001001 100100110100 10101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words never, here are repeated.

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