This is an analysis of the poem A Seamark that begins with:
A Threnody for Robert Louis Stevenson
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abab cXdb efgf bdhd fdfd gaba baia jhch daba jjfj Xddd dgjg bkjk fdfd cccc bjfj jblb Xmjm nfef gdad dfcf oodo gdld gfdf aXdX jdgd ckhk bhkh dbfb amam lblb cfcf ikbX oaha gjXj ncdc bkbkXcldl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010011010100 10111101 11011001 11010111 01010111 01010101 11010100 11010101 11010111 00010101 10110101 010010101 01100101 10111101 01000111 10011101 01000101 11001101 11010111 11000101 10010101 11110101 11010101 11010001 10011101 11000101 11011101 11011100 01010101 01000101 11110111 10010001 10010101 01011101 01111111 010100001 01011001 11110101 01010101 10010011 11010111 11010101 11010101 01000111 10010111 11010101 01110101 11010001 01011101 01010101 11000111 01110111 01010111 01011111 001001100 00010011 01110001 11110101 11010111 01110111 01010111 11110111 01001111 11010101 10110101 11000111 01010001 11010101 11011101 100111010 01011101 11011101 01010101 11010100 11010101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11110101 11010001 111101001 11011111 01010111 01010001 00010111 01111111 11011111 01110101 01010101 111111011 11010100 10010001 001111110 11010101 11010101 101101010 01010101 11111101 011111001 11011101 101101000 01110011 11010101 11110011 01010111 111100101 1011001001 01010001 01110101 10110001 11010111 11010101 01010101 11010101 101111001 11110101 10000101 010101101 11011101 01110101 01010101 0111011 11111111 110100101 01011100 010101001 01010101 01010101 110011111 11110101 11011111 01010001 11111100 11110101 11010001 11010111 01010101 110101001 11011001 01010110 10110101 101101110 00110001 01110001 11010101 100100101 11111101 01001110 01011101 11010101 11110101 01110101 010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 39
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 154
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; your, his, of, to 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 the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Seamark;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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