This is an analysis of the poem The Mediterranean that begins with:
Hail! thou eternal flood, whose restless waves
Roll onward in their course, as wild and free,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcdcc ebedbabaa cfcffgfgg fgfggbgbb adaXbgdgg gfgffXfhh ibibdabaa ehXhheheeXfbfbbgbgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011101 1100111111 1001110101 010010011101 1101101101 0101111101 0101010100 11011001011 111101110101 11010010101 11001111111 10110100101 1100010100 1111010111 11111111011 1111111101 1101010101 011101010101 0111010101 11011110101 111001000101 11110101011 111100111001 11011100001 1111010111 1111001001 0101001011101 0100110101 01010010011 0101111101 1101000101 1111111111 1111110111 11010101101 11010100101 1101001111101 110110111 1111010100 1111011111 1111000100 11011100111 1101010001 0111110100 1001010101 1001010010101 0101111001 1101111111 11110101101 1101110101 1111010101 0100011100 0101010111 1101011101 110011110111 11001111111 01010000111 0101011101 0100010101 0101011100 1001010111 100111100001 1111010101 110100001100 1111110011 11001100111 11011100101 1101011101 1111010101 1110111111 0100010101 1001010111 111101011101 11010111001 1111010101 1111100101 1101111101 10110011001 11011010011 11001110111 1011001101 111111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, her, hath, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, the, hath are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Mediterranean;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
