This is an analysis of the poem A Sea Child that begins with:

The lover of child Marjory
Had one white hour of life brim full; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001100 111100111 10110101 1101 01001100 10010111 01010001 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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