This is an analysis of the poem Lines On A Fountain that begins with:

We love cold water as it flows from the fountain,
Which nature hath brewed alone in the mountain, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111101010010 11011010010 0011100101 11110101101 101010101101 01010101100101 10010100010101 0110101011101 11111001101001 010101110101 11011100101 1111010000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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