This is an analysis of the poem Canal Bank Walk that begins with:

Leafy-with-love banks and the green waters of the canal
Pouring redemption for me, that I do...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10011101100001 1001011111 000110000100001 10100110111 0111011001 100010101111 1011000100101101 1000110100001001 110101011001001 01001101010101 1010101101111 0110000010101 101100100001110 011111100110010 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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