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

Her gown was simple woven wool,
But, in repayment,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdXd eded cXcf gXgc hihi eded bjbj kXkj gXgd ldld kfkf cjcj cdcd ecec hdhd ejej gXgi lflf ejej bdbd Xfcf bXbc bXbc idid kXkm gjgj ekeX ejej daha ldld bjXj geme aeaX cXcj ccXc ekek Xjfj jjjj ifcf kXkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 10010 01011100 01010 110101001 01010 010101110 00110 01100101 01110 01110101 01010 11110101 11110 11111101 11010 11001111 01110 10011101 01010 11110111 11110 01010101 11110 11011101 111000 101101001 11010 01110101 01010 11010101 01110 01110111 11010 11010111 10110 01100101 01010 10110101 11010 11110001 11110 11010001 11010 01011111 01010 01010111 01010 01000111 11010 01110101 11010 01011101 11010 11010001 01010 11110101 00110 01010111 01010 01010011 11010 01010101 11110 10011101 11010 01000111 11010 01000111 11110 11110111 11010 11111111 11110 11110101 11010 11111101 11010 11110101 11110 11010101 01010 11111100 01110 11010101 11110 11010101 010010 11011101 11110 01010101 11110 11110101 11010 01111101 01010 01110111 01010 11010101 11110 11110111 11010 01010101 11111 11010101 11110 01010101 01010 11110101 11010 01110101 010100 11110100 01110 11111110 01110 010011100 11110 11011101 11010 11110101 01110 11101101 11010 11110101 01110 01011000 01010 11011111 01010 11011101 11010 11111101 01010 01110101 11100 11110101 01100 01100101 11010 11011101 11110 11011101 11110 11100101 11010 11110111 11010 11000111 01010 11110100 11110 11111101 11010 01010111 11110 11111101 01110 01010101 11110 11011101 01010 01010101 01100
  • Amount of stanzas: 40
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 164
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, a, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words her, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The River Maiden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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