This is an analysis of the poem ‘you Rise The Water Unfolds’ that begins with:

You rise the water unfolds
You sleep the water flowers...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bXc cXa ddX daXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101001 1101010 11101001 111111 1011010 1110010001001 1101011010011 11101101001 11011 00010101011 111001010 10110101001001 1 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, water, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of ‘you Rise The Water Unfolds’;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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