This is an analysis of the poem Seaward To____ that begins with:

HOW long it seems since that mild April night,
When, leaning from the window, you and I... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ceXe fbfb agag eded fhfhXfdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 1100010111 11010001001 010101 1101110101 11001010101 1101010111 110001 1101110101 100110111 1101011111 110101 1111110101 11011100111 1101010111 100101 1101010101 010101001001 100100101001 110101 1101001101 0101000101 0111010101 0100101 1101101111 10101111101 1101011111 010001 1111011111 1011000101 1101011101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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