This is an analysis of the poem The Two Streams that begins with:
Behold the rocky wall
That down its sloping sides ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdecec abab efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 110101 1011110111 010101 111101 110101 01000100101 101101 010111 110101 0101000101 0110101 100100 110101 1101010101 1100101 001101 001101 1011010101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Two Streams;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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