This is an analysis of the poem Spring Pools that begins with:

These pools that, though in forests, still reflect
The total sky almost without defect,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbc dddXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 0101110101 110100101110 01010010101 11111101110 1111011101 0111001111 0101010101 10110111110 0111111101 1100101110010 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Spring Pools;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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