This is an analysis of the poem The Exchange that begins with:
THE stones in the streamlet I make my bright pillow,
And open my arms to the swift-rolling billow,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bcc b XX dXXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,1,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010111110 110110011010 11001001111 110011010010 010110010010 11101101001 111110010110 010111011110 01111101011 111011011110 010010011110 11001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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