This is an analysis of the poem Sand-Between-The-Toes that begins with:

I went down to the shouting sea,
Taking Christopher down with me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb CCCDC eeff CCCDC aaee ggCXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 10100101 111101101 1111001 111001101101 11001110101 010001001 1000100 10101 011100111 10010101 110100101 1100111 111001101101 11001110101 010001001 1000100 10101 11010001 01111111 11011101 111111 1111111001 0011011101 010001001 100010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; down, and, sand, we are repeated.

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