This is an analysis of the poem How Fear Came that begins with:

The stream is shrunk--the pool is dry,
And we be comrades, thou and I;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01010101 11011111 01011101 110010101 11110111 01010111 11010111 01111111 10110101 01110101 01111111 11011111 11010101 011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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