This is an analysis of the poem Sea Pictures that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXaddeeffccccffddggeeXbeehhiiaajjkkeekklleecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10 01011101 11111101 11010010 01010101 00110111 01010101 010100111 11010111 11011101 11111111 01110101 11001101 01110111 11010101 110100101 110010101 11011101 010111001 11010101 11011101 11011111 11011101 1 10 110011101 01010101 11010101 01111101 010010111 11010101 11010101 10011001 110101001 01100101 11010101 010100101 10110110 01010111 11010101 101101001 11011111 11010101 11110001 01010111 11110101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1555
  • Average number of words per stanza: 287
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.

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

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