This is an analysis of the poem Under The River that begins with:
CLEAR and bright, from the snowy height,
The joyous stream to the plain descended: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 0101001010 11010111 00101101110 010100101 01101101010 010101101 00101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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