This is an analysis of the poem The Crossing that begins with:

Monsters merge and welter through the water's mounting
Din. All hands, stand fast! A sailor sprints aloft, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa abbb XbX Xcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101110101010 11111010101 1101010101001 010101010111 010101111111 1101010101101 010101010101 1100101110101 11010101100101 11010101010101 110011110010101 01101101010111 001111011101 111011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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