This is an analysis of the poem The Rivulet that begins with:
This little rill, that from the springs
Of yonder grove its current brings,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeeffcc ffggeehhee iieeggXdjjffkkbbllccllbb ggeXffddkkmmggee eeggddhhffiiddXggeekkllbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,24,16,25,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110001 01010101 11010111 11000101 100100101 11011111 11010101 10010001 010101001 101101001 11010111 01010101 10110101 110100101 01011101 11111111 11010111 11110101 10111111 11110111 11011111 01010111 110011101 11010011 110111111 01111101 01110111 01110101 11001001 11001101 11011101 11000101 11010100 11011101 11000111 01001101 11001111 11010101 01111011 11011101 11110101 11110001 11110101 01111101 010010111 11110111 11011101 10110101 10111011 11110011 11011111 11110111 10110101 01100100 11010101 11010111 01001111 11110001 11010111 010000101 11110101 110011001 010010101 110100101 11001101 11010111 01101101 111100111 10011101 110000101 01001001 01111101 11101101 011101001 11011111 01001101 11011111 11010101 11111111 11111101 11111111 11010101 10110111 11010111 11010101 10111101 011101101 11010011 11011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, as are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Rivulet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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