This is an analysis of the poem A Sea Burthen that begins with:
A ship swinging
As the tide swings, up and down,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaCB abaCB dbdCB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 0110 1011111 111010 1011101 1010110101 01010 11101 101110 1011101 1010110101 10110 001010111 1110010 1011101 1010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word town at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Sea Burthen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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