This is an analysis of the poem Mermaid I that begins with:
AS we lay musing in our beds,
So well and so warm at ease,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcdcecacecacdXdfXccgcbbgehfHeHXHeHXHhhbhigagXaceiXbjej
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011 1111111 11011101 110111 110100101 111101 111011101 011101 011101011 011101 01111111 010111 0111010011 010111 111111101 1111101 11010101 111101 01011101 10110110 111101111 1111011 111010101 101101 010101111 11101101 1111010111 1111101 0110010011 1011111 110101101 101011110 011001011 10110111 11010110 101011110 0110010011 10110111 110101100 101011110 0110010101 10110111 1111011101 11111111 1110111 110111 111110011 111101 101101110 101 11110101 1010111101 01 1010110101 1010111 1010111 1111011101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1946
- Average number of words per stanza: 402
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; fast, stand, our, and, boat are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words stand, and are repeated.
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- summary of Mermaid I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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