This is an analysis of the poem Look Seaward, Sentinel! that begins with:
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Look seaward, Sentinel, and tell the land... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abB cdbbddeffecggchiXh fbebejijiibibbbbbgkjkiXXiblbljbXb XaB cfddffieeilddlhhhh IceXegbjbigigjbXblglgXfif Xab cdggddmbmbibbihjjh iddXdicicnlnliiiigmjm X ab cdccddjlXjhcch Ilelecdcdbcbcmbmbboboegegipipicicglglmdmdbabbba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,18,33,3,18,25,3,18,21,1,2,14,47,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 1101001101 1101 100 1101110001 100010101111 101100101111 1111010001 1011110101 0101110101 01011101001 11010111111 1101110101 1101010111 10010010111 11001000101 0101010101 110110010001 100100111110 11011101100 11011001100111 1001101 001001 001101 01101 111001 1110010 0111 01110 0111 1110010 1101 010110 0111 011010 01010 11110 0111 0010111 111 010110 0111 1110010 11001 101010 1101 11010 1101 01110 0111 1011110 01001 1110110 01001 1 1101001101 1101 100 1101010011 10010111101 110100100111 1111010001 1100011101 1111100010 1111010101 0111011101 11110101110 1110110101 0100011101 11001010001 1111010101 11011101001 11010111010 11011101010 0100011100111 100100 1001101110 1101 11110101111 01001 1010100111111 0111 01001111101010 01111 11011001110010 1101 1010011010110110 1111 111011101001110 11001 1111001110010 11001 100111101101 11001 0011110111110 0111 10100101001010 0101 01011011010110 0101011 1 1011010101 111101 100 111011010111001 00101001111111 10011101001 1101010101 10011010111 1101010111 1111110101 1011010011 10001100101 11101010101 10011101001 0111111111 11001011101 11000011111 11010111110 10110101010 11011001100111 100110 11111101010 110101 01011101010 110111 10110101010 110111 11010111010 101101 11110101010 110101 011110010010 010101 100100101010 0101001 11110101010 1100010 11111111111 110111 111110100010 010111 1 1011010011 111101 100 1101010101 1111010101 11111001101 0101010101 1101110111 1011110010010 11010100101 1101010101 01010101110 01110010101 11111101010 110100101110 0100111100111 100100 11010111 011101 1101001001 011101 11010101 1010111 10010101 010111 01011101 0100101 11111111 010001 10010101 111011 10010001 111100 11111101 0100001 11001101 110111 10011101 110111 10010101 110111 10110101 111111 010001001 100011 11100111 010111 11111101 010111 01100011 110111 11011001 0111001 01010001 010101 11010101 010001 10010101 110110 11010101 11010001 11010101 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 558
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 206
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, of, from, they, blest, our, to, that, safety, in, i, peaceful are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, to, the, our, in, and, why are repeated.
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