This is an analysis of the poem A Seaside Church that begins with:

A gray-roof'd church on a hill, set in the sound of the waves,
Hearing them all day long on the shingle murmuring,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dcdc ecec ffff gcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111011001001 1001111010100 10100100101001 1001011110101 10010011100101 1001010111011 10010011011111 1011010101001 100111010101 10110101100111 1011110111110111 101011011100111 11010010111101 11010011101111 10101101110011 1010010010101 1101011101001 10110110100101 001011011011101 111100110111011 11111110111001 10110010111011 1101011010101 1011010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, on, and, to are repeated.

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