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

Sandland where the salt water kills the sweet potatoes.
Homes for sandpipers—the script of their feet is on the sea shingles—they write in the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110101010 111000101101011011001000111111100111 1001010111101011010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 102 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 20
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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