This is an analysis of the poem The Willow Water that begins with:

Deep in the hollow wood he found a way
Winding unto a water, dim and gray,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbXcd eeffddeee ggeeaah hcciiggg hhhjjhhkkk llhhddX lhhccd Xaccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,7,8,10,7,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011101 1010010111 1011010101 110101010110 100101010110 10011011000 1100110001 1100010 101 1101001100001 11010100101 0101110001 0101110011 1101010111 11010111011 10011100111 1101101101 1111110001 1111110101 1111011101 01110000101 1101010101 1101010111 0110011101 1100111011 1101110101 01010101001 110100100101 1101000101 0110010101 010011101001 1101000111 0111110101 1001101111 11010010001 0101110101 11110010111 1001010101 1011110101 1111010101 1001010111 1010101111 1011111111 1011010001 0101010101 11010010001 11010011001 1101110011 110110011010 1111010001 1010010101 0101011111 01010010101 1111100101 11111 11100 0101011111 1001010011 1101011001 0111111101 0101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; its, of, and, he, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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  • summary of The Willow Water;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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