This is an analysis of the poem Sport that begins with:

The merry waves dance up and down, and play,
Sport is granted to the sea;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabBccbBaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111111 1010001 11010000101 1010101 01111011001 1010001 01001011111 1010101 0101000101 11101100 1011110111 10010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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