This is an analysis of the poem Dawn In The Alleghanies that begins with:

The waters leap,
The waters roar;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbb aXXcXccXa ccccXaaa dXddadXdeeeea affffgghhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,8,13,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 0101 1101 1101 11001 0101 1111 1111 1101 1101 0101 0101 1111 1001 0101 0111 111111 0111 10101 1101 00101 0101 1101 11100 0101 1111 0111 1001 1100 0111 1111 1001 1111 0101 10101 1111 0101 0101 1111 1111 0101 1101 1101 0111 0111 0100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • 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 word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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