This is an analysis of the poem Book Of Parables - From Heaven There Fell Upon The Foaming Wave that begins with:
From Heaven there fell upon the foaming wave
A timid drop; the flood with anger roared,--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab bac dXdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011010101 0101010101 1101010001 1001111001 01010101 1001010101 0111001111 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and is repeated.
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