This is an analysis of the poem Piscataqua River that begins with:

Thou singest by the gleaming isles,
By woods, and fields of corn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eceX Xafa baba adad bbbbXfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 111101 11010111 011111 11010101 110101 11111101 110010111 01010101 110101 11110011 1011010 01010100 010101 11010101 110101 01010111 1001010 11010001 1101001 11010101 010111 11010101 010101 11010001 111101 11110111 010111 11011101 010111 11000111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 words to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Piscataqua River;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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