This is an analysis of the poem White Waves On The Water that begins with:
White waves on the water,
Gold leaves on the tree,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede dfdf Xcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 11101 110010 01001 011010 01001 010110 01001 111110 11001 1011110 101001 111110 11001 1010110 11011 111110 11001 1111110 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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