This is an analysis of the poem Studies By The Sea that begins with:
AH ! wherefore do the incurious say,
That this stupendous ocean wide, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcbb dadaaeaeffebeb babadddgdgghgh dXbibiijijkk ldlddhdhdXfbfb bgbgjjababbgbX kkdmdmmamabb jjjjXhjhdXdhdh hbhbddihihhbhb ffadaddadXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,14,12,14,14,12,14,14,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1100101001 10010101 11100101 11001001 11110101 01010101 11010111 11000101 01011000101 11011100001 11011001 10010101 101000101 110010101 110010101 110010101 11110101 10010101 01001110101 1101010101 01110101 01010001 11010101 10010101 11010101 11010111 010100101 110101001 1011010101 1011110101 11110101 110010111 11000101 01010101 10010101 10001111 11010101 01010101 11010010101 01010100100 11010101 10110101 10110101 01010101 10010101 10010101 100010101 010101001 0011110101 0101010101 010101001 01100101 01010101 010101001 11010101 110010101 01010101 11010101 0100010101 11111101000 010100101 11010101 01011101 11010101 110101001 101000111 0110101 11010111 0101110111 1001110111 01110101 11011101 01010101 101100101 01010101 110100101 110111001 10110101 11001010101 1111010001 10011101 01110111 010011101 110111001 110010101 10010101 11011101 001111001 101100101001 0100010101 11110101 1001111001 110011101 01110101 10010101 01010101 01010101 01100101 11001010101 11101100100 011100101 11110111 100111001 01111101 110100111 10111101 11010001 11001101 01010011101 01001010111 01010111 11010101 110101001 11011111 10010101 11110101 00110101 01000101 10010010011 1011110111 111101001 11010101 11010101 11011101 10010101 11011101 0100111001 10111100 10010011101 1011011100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 130
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no are repeated.
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- summary of Studies By The Sea;
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