This is an analysis of the poem Evening: Barents Sea that begins with:

The trawl of unquiet mind drops astern
Great lucid streamers bar the sky ahead... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcaXb XXca XXXXXXa XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,4,7,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101110 1101010101 1010101010 1100001101 00101 10110 1011010 011 0111001010 0101010101 0010011111 10101101001 1010101010 00101001001 1111101011 0011101010 1101011010 1001010011 1011010100 1110010100 1010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of is repeated.

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