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

I DRINK fresh nourishment, new blood
From out this world more free;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba bb cb c dd a a e fe fg hgXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011 010111 01001110 100111 01011111 101111 11010101 011111 1111111 1010111 1111101 1111111 10010110 1001011 101110 1001001 1010110 101001 1010110 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 46
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our is repeated.

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

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

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