This is an analysis of the poem On Lac Sainte Ireneé that begins with:

ON Lac Sainte Ireneé the morn
Lay rimmed with pine and roped with mist.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcDdc aeaefDDf gbgbcDdc XhXhcdDc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 11011101 01110101 01110111 111101001 11010 11110 0100100101 1110101 11110101 11111011 10110111 111110101 11010 110110 010100111 1110101 10010101 01010111 11010101 110010101 11010 11110 0100100101 1110101 11011111 11110101 1100101001 10110101 11010 110110 100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of On Lac Sainte Ireneé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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