This is an analysis of the poem The West A Glimmering Lake Of Light that begins with:
The West a glimmering lake of light,
A dream of pearly weather,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb cdcdebeb efXfXbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100101 0101010 01010101 0111010 010101001 0111010 11010111 111010 11011101 1101010 11010111 1111010 01010111 1110010 11111110 101010 11100101 1100010 11010111 0101110 01110100 1101010 11010101 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word remember at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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