This is an analysis of the poem Where Go The Boats? that begins with:
Dark brown is the river,
Golden is the sand.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeXe afXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010 10001 0101110 011101 11010 10001 101010 10111 11010 11101 011010 01101 011010 0101011 101010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Where Go The Boats?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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