This is an analysis of the poem The Spirit Of The Forest Spring that begins with:

Over the rocks she trails her locks,
Her mossy locks that drip, drip, drip:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbacac caXaXccc cbabdccX aadaXcac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011101 01011111 010011101 01011101 1011100100 100101110 110011101 0101101110 111100111 01011111 11010101 010100101 101111101 00101101110 1111100111 010111110 111101001 01011111 110110101 1011110101 10101001001 111101010 1111101001 0101101110 110100111 110011111 11111111 110110111 10100100111 0111101110 1100100111 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; her, drip, drips, and, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, where 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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  • summary of The Spirit Of The Forest Spring;
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  • history of its creation;
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