This is an analysis of the poem By The Riverside that begins with:
A GREAT green spread of meadow land,
(Must rest his weight on an ample base),...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XababaXa XXcdedaX XacaeaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 110111101 01010101 011110101 01011101 01010001 11010101 11011101 01010101 100111010 111110101 110101110 11011001 111101010 11110011 100101110 111101100 11010101 11110101 011010101 01010101 01110001 111011100 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, he, his are repeated.
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