This is an analysis of the poem When The Two Sisters Go To Fetch Water that begins with:

WHEN the two sisters go to fetch water, they come to this spot and they smile.
They must be aware of somebody who stands behind the trees whenever...

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cb cbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101101011011001111 110010110110101010110110 011010011011101 111101001110110101010110110 1101100110111101 1111111101010110101010110110 011011110111001111 100100111011101001101110101010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 96 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to, go, fetch, water are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word water at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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