This is an analysis of the poem Looking-Glass River that begins with:
Smooth it glides upon its travel,
Here a wimple, there a gleam-- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd caca aeae fefe egeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 101101 10110 1011 10101010 111111 10110 0111 11111010 1010101 10110 11101 10111010 1010101 10010 1111 10101110 1011111 11010 11101 10101001 1010101 011100 01111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Looking-Glass River;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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