This is an analysis of the poem The Thick Golden Stream Of Honey Took So Long that begins with:

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The thick golden stream of honey took so long...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xabc X Xdaa X debb X fcXe X fddX X baeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 01101010111 01111101 1001010011111 11111111110010 1 01000101011011 010111110111011 11010010111 1110001110101101 1 101111001110 0110101110 11101101101 101010110101 1 11011111010 1101010101010 01001000101011 1101010101010 1 101001110101 001010110011 010001101011101 110010111010 1 101111101 011011011 01000101011101 01000110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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