This is an analysis of the poem The Smiles Of The Bathers that begins with:

The smiles of the bathers fade as they leave the water,
And the lover feels sadness fall as it ends, as he leaves his love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXbXabXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100101111010 1010110110111101 0101001101111010 11 010011100101 1011101101010101 1010 101111010110101 1110101011010101 1 11011111111111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; as, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Smiles Of The Bathers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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