This is an analysis of the poem The Weeper that begins with:
HAIL, sister springs,
Parents of silver-footed rills! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabb cacaXb ddddee fgfgbb hihijj bkbcaa ajajff alalll mcmkaa aaaXXX fnfnccXimimff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 10010101 101001 1010101 11010111 1111101 101110 10010101 111101 11111101 10010100 100110101 100101 0110101 11100 11000101 10010101 100010111 11111 11010101 1100101 1001101 11011101 11010111 111101 01001101 111101 1000111 11010101 11010011 110101 0010100 111001 10111111 1110111 11011111 100101 1110101 10111 11000111 10110101 10111011 10101 1111111 11101 1010111 11111110 11111101 11111 0110101 11111 11111100 10111110 10110111 11110 010010111 11010 11111111 100111111 101101010 100111 110101 110101 11010111 11011111 1111101 11101 01001001 110101 1010101 1111101 110010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; their, she, then, by, what, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words heavens, the, then, you are repeated.
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- summary of The Weeper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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