This is an analysis of the poem The Nameless One that begins with:

ROLL forth, my song, like the rushing river,
   That sweeps along to the mighty sea; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX adad efef gcgc gdgd chch gfgf eded ieie jhjh kjkj lmlmXiiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010 110100101 1001111010 1101 11011111100 100110111 1111111110 1110 11011111110 111110111 1101101011 1001 1111101010 110101111 1111101010 1101 1111001010 111100111 1111001110 1101 0111001110 1010100101 0111101110 1101 1101001101 110100101 1111101111 1101 1101101010 10001010001 01010011110 1111 110111110 111111111 0101111110 1111 1111111010 111101011 1101101010 1001 1101001010 111100101 11010011010 1101 1111011110 1111011001 11001001010 1111 1111111110 110100111 1101011010 1101 11010110010 101101111 1111111010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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, for, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words tell, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Nameless One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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