This is an analysis of the poem By The Lake that begins with:

And while all the waves are borne off apace,
I feel as if I there too had my place,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeee ffee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110111101 1110111111 1100001011 0111011011 0110111011 0100101001 1001001101 110110111 1101100101 1110111001 1011111111 1111111111 1100111011 1100101101 1010011101 0111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of By The Lake;
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