This is an analysis of the poem Niagara that begins with:
I.
ROAR, raging torrent! and thou, mighty river, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdede X fgfghihi X jjjjbjbj X bebekhkh a jljlfifX a jmdmkgkg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11010111010 1111101001 11110111110 01101101101 011011011010 1001001011 011010011010 1111001101 1 10010111110 1011111011 10101110110 1001011001 010111010110 01101101101 010010010010 11101001011 1 11010011010 01011001101 100110010110 10110001101 10010110110 1001001011 10010011010 1101001001 1 11010011010 1001011011 11010111010 1101111101 10010111010 1101001101 10111010010 1011001001 1 11010010010 101011101101 1010010011110 101101011001 011011010110 101111111011 110010010110 101111001011 1 111111010010 111110001011 1011010010010 01111011111 1010011010010 111011011101 1011111011010 01011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, of, his, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, let are repeated.
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