This is an analysis of the poem The Well Rising that begins with:

The well rising without sound,
the spring on a hillside, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bXbX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110011 0011011 01110111 101001 0110011 1011010 1010101 1010110 0101010010 100010010 1000101111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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