This is an analysis of the poem Afton Water that begins with:
1 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
2 Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb ccXX aXdd eedd aaff Xabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011001111 111011101011 111001111001 111011001101 111111010101 111101001101 111101011010 111101111001 111011011001 111001001101 111011011101 111111011011 111011111001 111001101101 111111011001 101101111011 111011011001 111101111001 111011001011 1110011011111 111011001111 111011001011 111001111001 111011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, gently, flow, my, sweet are repeated.
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