This is an analysis of the poem Alain’s Choice that begins with:

By the side of a silvery streamlet,
That flowed through meadows green,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacded bfafgbfb bhchbigi cdcdXece XjbjXaca ckXkbhXh Xjkjfkak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010010 111111 101101011 1010101 101010010 110101 001101010 111101 111101110 1110101 11001110 010101 10101110 110011 101001010 010101 1111110 101111 001110010 0111101 10101110 0111101 101111110 0110101 101111010 1010000 11010010 010101 111111000 0110101 01111110 1110011 11111110 0110101 11101010 110101 11111010 1110101 0101010 0101101 11101010 11001101 111111110 011101 11111010 101111 10101010 0011111 11011010 1010101 111111010 1101101 111001111 110101 111101110 0100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Alain’s Choice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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