This is an analysis of the poem The Sea that begins with:
THE SEA! the sea! the open sea!
The blue, the fresh, the ever free! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaddee bbffdd gghhaaf fXbbb iijjaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 01010101 01010101 010011101 010010101 11010101 1110111101 11111100 0010110101 11010011 0011110101 11011111 11111101 10110101 110011101 110010101 11110101 11010111 110110111 111011111 1101001001 1011100101 1010111001 111110101 01011101 0010101111 1010100101 101011101 1101111111 110010101 111110111 110100101 0101101001 110111111 110101101 111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; sea, i, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it, i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Sea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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