This is an analysis of the poem To The River Otter that begins with:
Dear native brook! wild streamlet of the West!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaabcbcbcdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101110001 11010010011 11011101011 1101110111 10001111101 1011011111 1101010101 1101111101 1101110111 110111001001 1111100111 1001111101 1101110101 1111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 653
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
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- summary of To The River Otter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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