This is an analysis of the poem The River Note that begins with:

And I behold once more
My old familiar haunts; here the blue river,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdcXddeXdXXdabXcbaedeeXeXXaXXaedXdedde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111 11010110110 0111011101 010110101001 1101010111 0101101101 1101000111 1110010111 11101110101 000101 1001110101 11010111001 1101101 10110110101 0101000101 1111010101 11101010001 1101111101 1101111101 1001010111 11001111101 1111110001 11010110001 1101110100 1111010001 1101011101 0101110011 0101010101 1001010100 110101 1110111101 1111001101 1110010100 1001010101 11110010101 1111010011 1011010100 0101111001 1111111111 101001110 01001101001 11111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1741
  • Average number of words per stanza: 313
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; he, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words these, and, they are repeated.

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  • summary of The River Note;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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