This is an analysis of the poem The Mystery that begins with:
My mind is like a troubled sea
O'er which the winds forever sweep;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbaba cccccdcd efeffgfg hihi idid jijiicic fifiiaia kikiikikll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,4,8,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 101010101 01010100 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11011111 11010101 11000101 01111101 01000111 11011101 11010011 01110101 010010101 01010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 11111111 11000101 11110101 1111000110 11111101 01010101 010111010 11110101 100111010 01000101 01010101 1000101 10010101 01010101 10010001 11010101 00110001 01010101 11011101 11110001 10010101 11010101 11011101 11010111 11000111 11010101 10010100 11010111 10110001 01001101 10110001 01011101 00011101 11010001 1001110011 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, when, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Mystery;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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