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

The small white whales in packs of pods
keep their pacts with us, the fated beasts. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b X b X X X X X X c X X cXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01110101 111010101 1111101010 11110111 010101101 111101110 1110010001 11010111110 11111111 01001100101 011101111011 10111110110 001111011001 10101111011 110111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Sea Canaries;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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