This is an analysis of the poem Little Lake that begins with:

Sonnet on an incident which occurred on a small Lake in Northern Ontario.
Pleasant memories it awakes, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaabbbbbaaccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110010110110100100 101000100 11011101 11110101 010101001 11010101 11010101 110011101 1110101 01110101 11110111 1111100101 01110101 1010101 110100010 00111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Little Lake;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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