This is an analysis of the poem On The Water that begins with:

The sound of bank and water is all I hear,
The sad resignation of a weeping spring...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcXc ddddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01011100111 011010001001 101110101 101101100 111101010101 01001111101 1001001111 001011101010 0100011111010 1011011011 10101010101 11010111010 1101010011 01101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of On The Water;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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