This is an analysis of the poem From The Sea that begins with:
I sat by the fireside alone an' wearily:
I heard the rain beat an' the wind moanin' by...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bXbb bbcc ddXa XXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110101011100 11011101101 01100101111001 111111101111111 1101101111111 1110011111010 0111011001001 110001001111 1111110111101 1101111111101 1101111010101 101111011111 11110010101 1110101111101 1111100110101 1110101010101 1101010111111 1111111010110 1111011111101 101111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (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; i, by, an', he, my, christ, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, christ are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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