This is an analysis of the poem White Water that begins with:
for Line McKie
The light, tarred skin...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcXd baedXc cbXXe cebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,6,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 0111 00101 101010 11010 0111 010101 01001001 01110 1110100 010101 001011 10111 100101 1010011 10010 10010 1001 110 110010 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of White Water;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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