This is an analysis of the poem The Smell Of The Sea that begins with:

I'd tramped the whole day long on the weary roads ashore,
I was tired as a dog, and my heart was sick and sore,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccbb ddbb eebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111010101 11101011111111 111111110100 0101011111001 1101010010101 1111011010101 10111110110111 00111110101001 111101011101 101011111010101 0111011111010 11111110111001 1011010101111 001110101010101 101100101010111 10101010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word sea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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