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

Avon! why runnest thou away so fast?
Rest thee before that Chance! where repose...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbacbXXabbdbXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010111 110111101 0101110101 1110111111 1101011101 0101110101 1111010111 1001000101 1101010101 0101010111 0111110101 0101110101 1101110101 0111111101 10011010111 1101111111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 709
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To The River Avon;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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