This is an analysis of the poem Along The Stream that begins with:

Where the violet shadows brood
Under cottonwoods and beeches,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacc dbbdbX effegg affahh iffijj hffhbb hXfhkkXhffhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111 10101110 11101010 0010111 1011101 1010101 1111101 101001010 1011010 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010101 10111110 10101010 10011101 1110111 10010101 1110101 101010010 10101110 1010101 0010101 1010101 1111101 1010110 10101010 1111101 0011101 1010101 1110101 10101110 101001010 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010111 10111100 101110010 1110111 1010111 1010101 1110110 10101110 10101010 1010111 00111011 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Along The Stream;
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