This is an analysis of the poem The Water-Fall that begins with:

1 With what deep murmurs through time's silent stealth
2 Doth thy transparent, cool, and wat'ry wealth... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccee ffgghhiigg ggjjjjcceebbkkhhdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011101 11101011101 11101 11111 11001011011 11010001101 10101 11111 11101 11011 11101011101 11001011111 111111101 111111101 111110111 111010101 111110111 111100101 111111111 111011111 111111101 111111101 111010011 111011101 111100101 110011011 110111101 110110011 111111101 101110101 111011101 111100101 110110101 1010110001 111110111 111111111 111010001 1110010011 111010111 110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more 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; and, my are repeated.

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