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

On Lolham Brigs in wild and lonely mood
I've seen the winter floods their gambols play... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcdXdefeff bbcgchghbibiXh cfcfchchbababX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101011101 1111110111 11001010101 1111010101 1101010111 0101010111 0101011110 0101110101 1111000101 1101111101 1111010101 1101111011 10111001101 1101110101 1111100101 1111110101 00101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1011010001 11010011101 11010101 1101010101 1001010101 1101011111 1101011010 0101110101 1101110101 1101010101 1101110101 0101010101 1101111111 11001011001 1101011111 11101110111 0111011101 0101010001 11111100101 1101110111 1101110001 11010000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and are repeated.

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

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

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