This is an analysis of the poem In The Sea Of High Grass that begins with:

In the sea of high grass you'll be sunk with your head,
In the house - with peace come along…...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb ddcX abab XeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011101011 00101101 101001101001 1110101111 101101111001 101011001 101111011101 1011111111 101101101101 101101111 11110111011 11101001 10111100101 001001101 1011001011011 101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, who, you, as, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, as, and are repeated.

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