This is an analysis of the poem Dedication that begins with:
THE SEA gives her shells to the shingle,
The earth gives her streams to the sea;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeefefe egegahah eijikeke elelmimi nenelolo ememdiXi XdedegXg eeeeejej ananegeg jejeoeoe ehehgege igigibXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010010 01101001 1110111010 11001001 1011011011 11011011 111111111 11001 011011010 11001011 110111110 11011001 11011110 11001000 111011110 11101 110010010 111001111 110110110 11011011 111010110 11101001 1010110110 11111 110011010 11011001 101000010 11101001 1111111111 11101111 110110011 11001 1111010110 101001011 111011110 11101101 1011011010 111011001 1011110011 01101 010110110 11001001 111011110 1101001 110110011 11001101 1010010111 01011 0110110010 011011101 110010110 11011001 0110010111 011011001 111110110 11111 0111011110 011101101 110010010 11001001 0011010010 11001111 110110010 11011 0010110110 0010010010 111010010 1010010010 0110011110 01001001 1010110110 11011 1011010110 110111110 1011010110 110010010 0010011010 11011001 1011010110 11101 1010110110 110001001 111110010 110001001 10101001110 101011111 1010110010 01001 1010011010 11000101 0111010010 11101011 111111110 101101001 111111110 01011 1010110011 101001011 10101000011 101101001 1111111010 101101111 011110010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; leaf, and, them, of, you, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, more, is, in, for are repeated.
The author used the same words the, in, though at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Dedication;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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