This is an analysis of the poem The Flood that begins with:
I thought my true love slept;
Behind her chair I crept ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccXddd eefggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 010111 111011 010111 110101 011100 110111 110111 010110 111111 1000101 111101 111111 111101 1010111 011101 110111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Flood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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