This is an analysis of the poem The Ocean that begins with:
... Oceanward I am ever yearning,
Where far it rolls in its calm and grandeur,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabaca adXXbXef acggccfb hbgXba fggaabcgXbcg fhdabhafccfa dhXXXeXXXdaXgcX caccXfdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,12,12,15,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111010 1101001101 0101011010 0101001010 0111001110 0111011110 0101001010 0101001110 1100111010 1101001110 0101101011 1101001010 11110001110 0101011010 11110001010 0101011010 0111001010 1111101010 11011110010 00010010010 1101101110 1101001010 1101111011 0101011010 101010110110 1111001010 1111001010 1101001010 0101001010 1101101110 1111011010 0101011010 0111111010 1111011110 1111001010 0111001011 0110111010 1111111011 1101011010 1111111010 1101011010 1101001010 1101101010 1101011010 1101101110 1111011110 0101110010 0101001010 1111001010 0101101010 1111001010 0001011010 0101001010 0111011110 1111011110 1101001010 1111001010 0101001010 0101001110 0101111110 1111011100 1111111110 10101001010 0111101110 1111001010 0101001110 1101001010 1101011010 11010011000 1111001010 0101101110 1101001010 1011001010 1101101011 1101001010 1101011110 0101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; its, thy, to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, to, with are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of The Ocean;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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