This is an analysis of the poem Sea Lullaby that begins with:

The old moon is tarnished
With smoke of the flood, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dede fcfc bebe gaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 01001 011110 01011 010010 01111 010100 01001 011010 11101 010010 11001 111011 001101 111111 01101 011010 11011 011110 01101 1010110 01111 010110 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him is repeated.

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