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

A Conversation
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede fafa ghgX hihi gggg idid ghgh ihih gjgj kiki glgl amam ahaX gggg hXhX heheXdgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 11010111 010011 01011111 1101001 11010101 010101 10010101 110111 110111111 010101 01110111 110101 10011101 110101 11110101 1111011 01010111 0010101 11011101 011101 11110101 110001 11010100 111101 11100101 110111 110100111 010101 11110101 110101 10110011 101111 11010101 110101 11111101 110101 01001101 010101 11110111 110110 01010111 010111 01011111 010011 11111101 110111 11010101 110101 01011101 010101 01111001 000101 11111111 111001 11011111 1101100 11011111 011101 11111101 011101 11011101 1001011 10111111 011101 11100101 110101 00111011 110111 11110101 111101 01010111 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my, the, a, we are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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