This is an analysis of the poem By The Sea that begins with:
Why does the sea moan evermore?
Shut out from heaven it makes its moan,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabb XcXdd eceff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11011101 110100101 010101001 11110101 01110101 110001000 110010011 10001100 110110101 01110111 11011111 01011101 11011101 11010111 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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.
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- summary of By The Sea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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