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

Since I have seen the refluent glory of the sea,
My dreams are made of azure, emerald and gold:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010001 111101010011 11001110100101 111100011101 110011011001 110101010100 010101010100 110101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sea-Memory;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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