This is an analysis of the poem Sea Song that begins with:
A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcaca XacacaXa Xdcdcaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 011101 11011101 110101 11010111 110101 01001111 110101 11011101 110111 11010101 111101 11110111 001111 01010011 110111 1100111 110011 11010100 010101 01010111 010101 101011100 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, the are repeated.
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- summary of Sea Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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