This is an analysis of the poem The Stream Is Flowing From The West that begins with:

The stream is flowing from the west;
As if it poured from yonder skies,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeaa efefgg gegehh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 10010101 010101001 010101 11010001 101011101 11110101 11100011 11001111 110001 000100111 01010111 01111101 11010101 11111111 1101001 01111101 11010101 11111111 11011111 11010101 011001 01011101 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Stream Is Flowing From The West;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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