This is an analysis of the poem “any Fool Can Get Into An Ocean . . .” that begins with:

Any fool can get into an ocean
But it takes a Goddess ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdbeXeXXbecdbXaXabc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100110 101010 01101 010100101 010011011110 1100101010011 1100001010110 011100 1101101010 100100010 11110110101110 10101 1111110111 000100010010 111101101 01010110 11011 011010111011010100 11111 101111000101 10101001101 0101000101 0111001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 907
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of “any Fool Can Get Into An Ocean . . .”;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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