This is an analysis of the poem A Coarse Morning that begins with:

OH the yellow boisterous sea,
The surging, chafing, murderous sea!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabaBba ccaadcddcXbbaaBbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101001 010101001 1011100111 1001101001 10111101001 11101110 101101111001 0111110101 1110101 1011101 010101011 1011001001 100110111 1001101111 11100111 1111011011 1101110101 1111011 10101011 110101011 1111111101 11101101110 101101111001 10111001 1001011001 11111110101 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; never, came are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words over, when are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea, foam, dead are repeated).

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