This is an analysis of the poem Still Waters that begins with:
A CRUEL little stream I know,
Which slowly, slowly crawls between... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc efef gdgd dhdh bcbc hihi jfjf dedX bbbb kjkj baba lblb lflf XfdfXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 11010101 011100101 11010101 11011101 01110101 11011101 11010101 10110111 011010101 11110101 11011101 10010101 10010111 01110101 11111101 011010101 01111101 110100101 11011101 10111101 01110111 11011101 10110101 11111101 110100111 01011101 010101001 11110100 11011101 11110101 11010111 01100101 11010101 11010101 01110101 111101011 111101001 11110101 10111111 111100101 11010111 01110111 01100101 111101011 11010111 110010101 11010101 11010100 111100111 110010111 11011101 01111111 110100101 111111011 11110101 11110111 100010100 10010101 11011101 10010101 11001011 111011001 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 64
- 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; i, and, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, they are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Still Waters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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