This is an analysis of the poem The Isle Of Portland that begins with:

The star-filled seas are smooth to-night
From France to England strown; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbcXacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 010101 110010101 010101 11010101 100111 10010111 111101 1110111 111111 110011101 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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