This is an analysis of the poem Songs By The Lake that begins with:

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In the sky the sun is failing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dXde bfbf X Xgfg hihi fjfj a Xeke kgkg lflf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00101010 1010111 10111110 0010111 01101110 1111110 00101010 1011101 11101010 1110001 11101010 1010101 1 11111 10111 10101 10111 10111 10101 100101 101001 00101 11111 11101 10001 1 10110100 1010101 10101010 0010101 10101110 1010001 10101010 10101001 11111111 1111101 101011111 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Songs By The Lake;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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