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

While slowly wanders thy sequestered stream,
WAINSBECK, the mossy-scattered rocks among,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccccdeedff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010101 1001010101 0101100101 0011011101 01101010101 0111110001 1111110101 10001010111 1111010101 0111010101 1101011101 0101111011 1111011101 0011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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  • summary of The River Wainsbeck;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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