This is an analysis of the poem The Reply Of The Fountain that begins with:
HOW deep within each human heart,
A thousand treasured feelings lie;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acXc dcdc efef abab adad gege hchc eiei hhhh ajXj eXeX kbkb gggg egeg biXi jjjj eheh gfgX heheXagag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 01010101 11010001 11001101 11010111 11000101 10010110 11110111 111111011 11010101 11111101 01111101 11110111 11110100 11110101 01110101 11110101 11100101 01010011 0110101101 11110101 111100101 11011111 11110101 11110101 110101101 11010100 11111111 11010101 111011101 10111101 10101001 11011101 01110101 110000111 11010101 011100101 10110101 11001101 11110101 10010111 11110111 11010111 01111101 11110111 11111111 11101101 0111001110 11111101 01111111 11110111 11111111 11011101 01110101 11011100 111101001 100010001 11110111 01011101 01110111 10111101 0111111 11101100 11010111 10111101 11010111 01010111 11011101 11111110 11011101 11001101 01111111 11011111 01010101 11111101 011101100 11010101 11011101 110101101 00110101 01000101 01010101 11011101 01010011
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, i, that, too, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, long, for, that, i, too, she are repeated.
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- summary of The Reply Of The Fountain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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