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

I’VE done with joys an’ misery,
An’ why should I repine?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdCD ebabXdCD beaeXdCD fgXgddCD cgfgXdCD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 111110 101110111 111111 11111111 110100 11110111 111011 111101010 010101 11111111 111111 11110111 111100 11110111 111011 11010111 1101010 11010111 1111010 11010111 110100 11110111 111011 11111101 111101 10111111 010101 11111101 111100 11110111 111011 11010001 110001 11110101 111101 11010111 110100 11110111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, he are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word could at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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