This is an analysis of the poem Chasers that begins with:

THE SEA at its worst drives a white foam up,
The same sea sometimes so easy and rocking with green mirrors....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXXX XXXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110110111 011011101100110 1101101111 10110101101 10110011110110 111101111111 1101110110111 1100110101110 11111110111 1110110101111 011111110110101 10111011001101 0110101111101 11111100111 01111001111 101111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 881
  • Average number of words per stanza: 173
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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