The Brook. (From The Spanish) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Brook. (From The Spanish) that begins with:

Laugh of the mountain! -- lyre of bird and tree!
Pomp of the meadow! mirror of the morn!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccccdaddaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010111 1001110001 0101010111 0111001101 111001100101 0101011101 0111010101 1101111101 10111101010 10110101001 1101111101 101101001110 1101000111 110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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