This is an analysis of the poem A River Isle. that begins with:

A little island in the river
There is, round which the breezes quiver...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100010 101101010 111111 010111 11000111 110010111 11000101 110101101 110001 1101100101 11010111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; with is repeated.

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