This is an analysis of the poem Very Lovely that begins with:

WOULDN'T it be lovely if the rain came down
Till the water was quite high over all the town? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10001000111 101011110101 00111010101 111010100101 10001000111 111110110101 01101010101 111010010101 00101010101 11111010101 011010111110 100010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

    The author used the same word wouldn't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Very Lovely;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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