This is an analysis of the poem The Wave Is Shimmering that begins with:
The wave is shivering, a silken length of
Mourning drapery unwinding in the night,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb XccX dbXc XdXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001010 10100010001 011111 101100101 0111001 111011 110111 0110010010 1100010 101010 010110111 111011011 101010011 11011 1111001011 0100001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Wave Is Shimmering;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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