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

Not from the sands or cloven rocks,
Thou rapid Arve! thy waters flow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd dedefefe fgfgefef XhXhdddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 11011101 11010101 111000101 101100111 01011101 11110101 11110101 11010101 110100111 11011111 11111001 1100011101 11010111 11011001 010111101 111111011 11110111 11011101 11011111 11011101 01011101 110000101 01011001 11101101 11111111 11011100 11010001 11111111 11010101 11111111 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, here are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.

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