This is an analysis of the poem My Kingdom that begins with:

Down by a shining water well
I found a very little dell, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddaeea bbfggf hhdaXdXaahbbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 110111 01010101 01010101 110111 11010101 01010101 111101 11011101 11010111 110111 11011111 01010101 010101 01011111 11011101 110101 11101101 11010111 110111 11111101 10011100 011101 11111111 11110101 111101 01111111 11011101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less 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; i, and, my, leave are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, the, for, nor, how are repeated.

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  • summary of My Kingdom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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